• Adam@geddit.social
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      I mean, they didn’t cave to Russia either. Apple just has principles until there’s enough cash on the table. Then they claim to “always abide by local laws” wherever they operate.

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      it has more to do with where their factories are located. Hard to negotiate with the people who control the very land and people you utilize to build your hardware

      Not saying that justifies it, just think we should be accurate with our outrage

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        They could have factories in China and not sell phones there. There are also other places to build factories. They just might have to trim back their 42% profit margin. It’s still a willingness to abandon principles for a price, isn’t it?

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        Yeah I agree that the CCP have more leverage due to the factories, aa well as the larger user base.

        Just like to point out apple aren’t some altruistic organisation, they are a corporation out to make money, and that the CCP suck.

        Also, I profoundly disagree with the legislation this thread was originally about.

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        I think it’s more that they know they don’t have any negotiating power in China. China doesn’t care if they have iMessage, but the UK and the british people do.

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      Oh, they are authoritarian enough. They just aren’t powerful enough.

      Want to know what it looks like to go power crazy with no power, then go look at the Tories.

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      Take it from me, the British state is just too paralysed by corporate capture and broke to offer any pushback against corporations. They can’t even afford to run a properly equipped and staffed police state, let alone enforce any legal proclamations they make against Apple.