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Re:Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks... by tathougies on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @03:17AM (#19141906)
The issue with such an app is not the fact that it is being hosted but rather the fact it was created. Going after amazon will not change the fact that the Sauds think this app is moral. In fact it only distracts from the issue. Amazon is a company and wants profit. Saudi arabia is a sovereign country, which means it is the only entity involved that can truly enforce its morality. That anyone would think to first criticize Amazon is somewhat ridiculous in this context
Re:Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks... by lostlogin on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @03:20AM (#19141922)
What do you think of companies that used slave labour legally or use child labour legally? They want profit, and it’s legal. Does that make it ok?
Re:Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks... by fipple on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @03:20AM (#19141921)
It’s not that Amazon is primarily culpable, it is that a person in the US has more leverage, however minimal, over Amazon than over the Saudi king.