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A comment on Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments. Parent comment

Re:Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments by jjcon on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:27AM (#26647742)
>You cannot chose to not pay your taxes.

But you can move to another state/country. They aren't claiming it is apples to apples but claiming apples to oranges is disingenuous at best.

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Re:Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments by boringg on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @10:38AM (#26647885)
I think what they are trying to equate, and have done that poorly, is that Apple has equivalent POWER to some governments. However it is functionally NOT A government and not even close - their mandates, structures and most everything are completely at odds.
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Re:Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments by kelnos on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @02:41PM (#26651260)
Moving to another state or country because you don't like their taxes is a vastly different response than refusing to buy a phone because you don't like the manufacturer's stance on human rights.
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