I’ll make the “China bad” post. There are very few governments with an ego as fragile as China’s. It barely even makes sense since they have the weight and soft power to lead by example, or develop healthy ties with the rest of the world. But they just. Don’t. It really gives the impression that all is not well within their borders.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Cool, cool, cool.
And just their word and a pinkie swear is enough to trust that they won’t censor content for China?
Wake the fuck up, Congress.
Businesses don’t give one good god damn about democracy. They don’t give one good god damn about allegiances to one nation over another. They give a damn about money, so unless you plan on making Apple open up their fucking internal records and fucking show you that they’re not capitulating to China or anyone else, you can bet your ass they are.
How do all these fucking capitalists not understand how capitalism works?
gsfraley@lemmy.world 1 year ago
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And just Apple’s word and a pinkie swear is enough to trust that they won’t censor content for China?
Probably not, no. But before smashing down the door guns blazing… how about a polite knock on the door and a few simple questions?
Doesn’t mean you trust the answers, but it’s worth asking first. Because they might have an answer you weren’t expecting, including “uh, I think you’re probably here to talk to the people next door - that’s got nothing to do with us”.
474D@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re really pulling for straws here when the reason is obvious.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 year ago
Yes… I mean, Apple TV is not a cash cow. But iPhones on the other hand…
Lawmakers wrote that Cook’s “recent trip to Beijing” makes it appear as if “maintaining a positive relationship with the CCP may be a priority given ongoing supply chain and financial dependencies.”
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
By the same token, Apple would no doubt prefer to have its cake and eat it too—keep the show and its revenue without facing retaliation from the CCP. If Congress gives them a plausible excuse to do that, why wouldn’t they?
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They are paid very handsomely to not wake up. Things need to change.
Wrench@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How is this any different from networks firing hosts / pulling content because sponsors threaten to pull their ads?
I’m fully on the “fuck corps that cave to China’s childish demands” side. I’m still boycotting Blizzard after the Free HK scandal.
But I think it’s their choice to capitulate for access to China’s market, and it’s my choice to stop doing business with them as a result. I don’t think it’s the government’s place to essentially tell a company they can’t do business in China, unless it’s literally a national security thing like electronics with Spyware / backdoors.