Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store
by WillPontificate on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:42AM
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Morally, I agree with you.
From a practical perspective, however, that would cede what little voice the American companies have in the process to the Chinese government who would replace them with local lapdogs controlled by political allies.
The result would be software where censorship wasn't a bug, it is a feature...
Re:Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store
by rndgermandude on Thursday October 03, 2019 @01:53AM
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This already happened.
When Google first acquiesced to China they made a mistake and set a bad precedent. They should have rather focused their China business on building search engine and tools that would work around China's firewall. I don't think there is an obligated to adhere to laws when those laws conflict with human rights.