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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @05:11PM (#29491216)
> Apple has a business to run. They abide by all sorts of requests in various countries in which they operate.

And then people rightly condemn them for it. Because not getting a pass even when the pressure is strong -- especially when the pressure is strong -- is the only incentive we can give them to even try to resist that pressure.

That sucks for them. It puts them between a rock and a hard place.

Too bad.

Because the alternative is that nobody fights against wrong.

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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by wolverine876 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:17AM (#29494415)
> Too bad.

Also, too bad because they are hardly orphan children caught on a battlefield. They are among the most power actors out there. I'd say, 'deal with it', but they don't complain.

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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with Chin... by pjmlp on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:48AM (#29494579)
Ironically the same people that at the end of the day might have plenty of "made-in-china" products at home.
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