Tim Apple really loves China! Maybe he should move there? I'd move there, it's a lot better than San Francisco!
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Apple Removes 39,000 Games From China App Store
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Good summary of the article. Tim loves China so much that he removes 39000 apps from the store there. Totally makes sense.
And here we have yet another example of why being able to load apps onto our iOS devices without Apple’s own App Store is so important.
Apple continues to make it clear they have no issue whatsoever bowing to the demands of a corrupt government. But please, tell us again how “committed to privacy” Apple is, Timmy.
Apple continues to make it clear they have no issue whatsoever bowing to the demands of a corrupt government. But please, tell us again how “committed to privacy” Apple is, Timmy.
Then you’ll have 39,000 apps (actually a lot more) trying to siphon personal and financial information off your phone. Mobile banking and payments will basically die because the public will lose faith in the security of their own devices.
Access to the apps will simply be blocked like all other content they don’t want their citizens to have access to.
That's an excellent point.
Are we supposed to read this and then believe an iPhone has any less back doors for the CPC than a Huawei phone?
Timmy will undermine the US government and at the same time bend the knee for any fascist dictator that comes along.
So we conclude that there has to be a back door for the Chinese oppressors based on the legal requirements for app developers to get some specific license?
Am I understanding this wrong? This has nothing to do with Apple. Developers were told they need approval to distribute in China. These developers declined to get one and therefore Apple was forced by local laws to remove them.
It’s no different than being forced to collect sales tax.
Developers can comply with local laws or choose not to distribute. That’s autonomy. China is not forcing Ubisoft to release Assassins Creed in China.They don't have the autonomy to act on their own.
China has the autonomy:
China doesn't know how to follow rules... They only know how to prevent them
ya, we have a MUCH better view of what "a portion is" on the internet, than we do in reality..
ya, we have a MUCH better view of what "a portion is" on the internet, than we do in reality..
According to the article it’s developers that don’t know how to follow rules.
And the internet exists, in reality, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to express there.
Using the actions of an authoritarian state as precedent to justify one's own actions is not a good look.
So that China can roll-out malicious trackers and stuff to thwart the fact that devs aren't meeting their 'regulations'?
Frankly, I'd be concerned about using any of the apps that meet their 'regulations'!
What on Earth makes you think any and all of these sources wouldn't be blocked outright at the GFW?
Nothing from Communist China should be allowed on American soil again. My 2 cents as a survivor of Communism during 1980's USSR.
You’re aware it’s not hard to bypass the GFW, yeah? A lot easier than trying to sideload an app onto an iOS device.