Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Users Evade Censorship

Re:Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Us... by intopieces on Saturday July 29, 2017 @10:48AM (#14881454)

Is there no chance whatsoever that large American companies could influence the Chinese government by establishing a market presence and then threatening to leave / alter it? This is what they do in the the US. I know that China is usually happy to just start their own Google/Facebook/Amazon/Netflix, so perhaps I'm being naive. As much as I cringe at American companies kowtowing to oppressive governments, it seems like exiting entirely is no strategy at all -- merely contrition in another form.

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Re:Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Us... by ameen on Saturday July 29, 2017 @01:19PM (#14882124)

We've seen Chinese aspirational companies try and fail, eg: LeEco (Faraday Future, etc).

But Apple made it a company focus to court Chinese market. So they can't back down now. For some reason I've never really liked the Chinese government. They always come across as a benevolent dictator, they'll let you do business as long as you toe the line. Any inkling of freespeech or such ideas and you're out.

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Re:Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Us... by wooter on Saturday July 29, 2017 @11:53AM (#14881758)

freedom of speech helps. where are grievances to this shitty policy aired to the govt by the public?

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