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

Re:Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Us... by bsder on Saturday July 29, 2017 @10:28PM (#14884085)

> What would you rather have them do? What would "sticking to their guns" involve?

Start building factories elsewhere. Help put together a similar manufacturing ecosystem in a different country. Automate their manufacture so much that it no longer matters if labor is done in China.

If Apple paid an extra 10-20% to locate factories elsewhere and started pulling out of China, it would be a gigantic hit to China while being only a 20% hit to Apple. And Apple could threaten China instead of China threatening Apple. And China wouldn't dream of making these kinds of requests again.

Apple has more leverage than they are willing to use.

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Re:Apple Removes Apps from China Store That Help Internet Us... by grwthckrmstr on Sunday July 30, 2017 @12:37AM (#14884464)

I wish that happened. Not just, but all the other companies (including the clothing line owned by Ivanka Trump)

But Apple/all others wouldn't.. Because 20% profit.

Driven by our own capitalist agendas, we're the ones fuelling China after all.

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