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Re:Apple CEO backs China’s ‘open’ Internet vision as censors... by yorwba on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:25AM (#15849926)
I wonder how many CEOs Apple could run through before the damage to their image hurts the bottom line more than not appeasing to the Chinese government.

Of course we'll only find out if multiple people individually discover their backbones and forgo personal profit to take a moral stand, and I don't think that'll happen anytime soon.

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Re:Apple CEO backs China’s ‘open’ Internet vision as censors... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:32AM (#15849954)
You are assuming most people care what Apple does in china, and I can garauntee you they do not. I’m a china critic myself and I’ve seen lots of stuff working for Microsoft there. Let’s be realistic: if consumers judged Apple for what they did in china, then something might change, but beyond a very small fringe, that doesn’t happen.
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