How Apple is paving the way to a ‘cloud dictatorship’ in China

Re:How Apple is paving the way to a ‘cloud dictatorship’ in ... by IntronExon on Monday February 19, 2018 @02:48PM (#16415191)

I recognize that rape, robbery, assault and murder are sadly inevitable parts of human life, but I refuse to participate in, aid, or abett it. The inevitability of wrong-doing is not license to be a doer.

So it’s not the lesser of two evils, it’s just participation in evil for profit.

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Re:How Apple is paving the way to a ‘cloud dictatorship’ in ... by ribosometronome on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:49PM (#16416020)

Do you pay taxes to a country that has a violent military presence in the Middle East (or any other conflict area)? Or to a local police department that has any history of unnecessary force to police non-violent crimes?

Most of us do. We don't have much of a choice. We could choose to earn so little that we don't have to pay much or anything in taxes or move elsewhere but, well, we want to live better that or live in a specific area.

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Re:How Apple is paving the way to a ‘cloud dictatorship’ in ... by IntronExon on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:56PM (#16416077)

This isn’t even good whataboutism, it’s downright lazy. Apple is a giant corporation that avoids taxes, not a citizen with few or no choices. This is a business maximizing profit, by choice, in another market.

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