News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even If You Try. Parent comment

Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by crowbahr on Sunday April 07, 2019 @09:58PM (#19601332)
What control does the west have over their tools?

They write the software themselves. They make the devices themselves.

The West has 0 leverage.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by arduanika on Sunday April 07, 2019 @11:15PM (#19601661)
> 0 leverage

How about trade policies that take into account human rights?

Unless you include western politicians and newspapers among "their tools". In that case, you're right, we have no hope of exercising leverage.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by Razengan on Sunday April 07, 2019 @10:09PM (#19601386)
Well, in TFA, the app in question is distributed via Apple’s & Google's app stores.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by est31 on Sunday April 07, 2019 @10:18PM (#19601426)
If Apple took that app down, they'd disappear in the blink of an eye. Doesn't make it right to keep it up but they have no power whatsoever. It's the basic dilemma in any authoritarian society: do you want to protect your values or yourself. Choose one, and often you get neither. Being able to protect both is a luxury.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by jessaustin on Sunday April 07, 2019 @10:21PM (#19601436)
If they made the ad again today, the hammers would be thrown in the other direction.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by jdietrich on Sunday April 07, 2019 @10:53PM (#19601563)
The Google Play Store is not available in China; Android apps are distributed in China through a variety of Chinese-based app stores.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/google-misses-out-on-billion...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by Razengan on Monday April 08, 2019 @01:04AM (#19602285)
Ah sorry, I assumed Android == Google Play Store.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by leavjenn on Monday April 08, 2019 @05:49AM (#19603668)
And you can't rate & review this app on Apple App Store.[0] I think only some apps made by Apple have this privilege.

[0]https://imgur.com/a/60gdRZs

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by Razengan on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:28AM (#19605494)
That's interesting...and disturbing.

Why? Someone should press Tim Cook about this.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In China, an App About Xi Is Impossible to Ignore – Even ... by candiodari on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:48PM (#19608867)
No they shouldn't. If anything this protects people. Just imagine people getting "caught" rating this. If it wasn't impossible, people might accidentally rate it badly.

This would do nothing to stop this, but might really be a problem for them.

[ Parent | on HN ]