Tim can't stand on a moral high ground while helping jail a big portion of the world population. This is why Tim should stay out of politics, he makes Apple look like a hypocrite.
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U.S. Senators Ask Apple Why VPN Apps Were Removed From China App Store
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One discrimination lawsuit in America and you Apple is looking at $500,000 minimum. Cost of iPhone would add up very quickly.
The Chinese in China though can use the US store provided that they have a friend or family member in America or any where outside of China which most people in China now a days do anyways.
https://m.dpreview.com/news/4963665...iscrimination-and-full-time-freelancer-status
The Chinese in China though can use the US store provided that they have a friend or family member in America or any where outside of China which most people in China now a days do anyways.
https://m.dpreview.com/news/4963665...iscrimination-and-full-time-freelancer-status
you're confusing allowances with restrictions.
if China were to allow abuse of children, that doesn't suddenly mean that everyone must partake in the act of abusing children. you are allowed to say "while it's legal to do X, i choose not to participate in X".
But if a government says "you are NOT ALLOWED to do X" than you are not allowed to do X, even if you want to.
if Apple believed that blocking VPN in china was really against their morals, than they could protest, petition the government for change, or pull out of the market. It doesn't change the fact that the local government has said with explicit an activity that is not allowed.
Don't you love it when politicians pretend they know anything about technology?
They've obviously got people telling them 'jump on this', without a clue as to how much it exposes them as frauds bearers of the double standard.
Personally, I'm glad they're doing it, though. Exposes the frauds for all to see. Don't stop being cool and up with the technologies, people!
P.S. That's why the state department funds TOR, so Americans can have privacy. {wink}
These days they take your phone at the airport in America and go thru it. They do not do this in China. Each country has its positives and negatives while China may have their negatives they have a little more freedom at the airport with their iPhones compared to Americans in America. Not sure which is worse, not being able to download a VPN app from local Apple Store in China or having to hand over your smartphone to customs at airport for it to be searched like some Americans do in America. Your rights to personal privacy is invaded upon by both China and America but in just different ways so before being critical of others we should realize that our system isn't exactly perfect either. Apple is in the middle of all this as they just want to sell their iPhones.
You keep insisting but you’re still wrong. It’s not a monopoly. You can buy an android phone if you don’t like how the iPhone works. The market is quite healthy. iPhones aren’t even a majority let alone a monopoly.
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The key difference being Microsoft had a near monopoly with over 90% of the market. Apple doesn’t even have HALF the share in the US. That’s why it’s not close to being a monopoly. Android isn’t just a viable option, it’s actually the more popular one.
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Monopolies don't have to be global. Apple's monopoly is not on smartphones, but on iOS app DISTRIBUTION.
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That’s like saying McDonalds has a monopoly on Big Mac distribution. It’s meaningless and not remotely illegal (in the US at least). If you want to side load apps, easy solution: get an android phone.
But you can't us iOS apps on android. The only solution is jailbreak/root. But then you lower the security level on your phone.
That's the entire point? "Lowering the security level on your device" is what enables you to install whatever app you want. The "safest" phone in the world would be one that doesn't enable you to access any app source whatsoever, there have been malicious apps hosted on the App Store before. Probably be pretty popular with the Chinese government...
Yup, that’s how it works, you weigh the different strengths and weaknesses each product offers and go with the one you like the most. Despite what cube seems to believe customers aren’t magically entitled to have everything they want.
Apple is well within it’s legal rights. It’s fine to suggest they or hope they change but they are under no legal obligation to do so at this point, no matter how many times cube insists otherwise.
You’re entire argument is about how they have an illegal monopoly. It’s exactly what you said. They do not. You are wrong.