Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks women

Re:Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks... by int_19h on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @02:01AM (#19141607)

What we really need with respect to Saudi Arabia is a popular campaign similar to the one that was directed at South Africa in 1980s. Boycott everything they have a stake in. Push your government to embargo everything they buy or sell. They're in a much weaker position than SAR, too, in terms of what they need to import, so it'd be much more effective.

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Re:Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks... by travmatt on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @02:16AM (#19141668)

They’re still the predominant player in the world oil markets, and the leader of OPEC. Oil is too deeply ingrained in the modern economy to seriously consider boycotting them, and even if possible, the resulting economic shock from a successful boycott would be severe.

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Re:Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks... by int_19h on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @02:20AM (#19141685)

It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,

For fear they should succumb and go astray;

So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,

You will find it better policy to say: –

"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,

No matter how trifling the cost;

For the end of that game is oppression and shame,

And the nation that plays it is lost!"

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Re:Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks... by avip on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @02:59AM (#19141838)

Unless you conquer Venezuela first.

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