Neither is it the sound of one hand clapping. Whatever. How is this relevant to free speech suppression possibly hurting Apple? They are a business, and standing up for free speech hurts their business in China. Period. Until there is some sort of government action elsewhere such as in the US, e.g. binding resolutions about use of Apple products in government, official censure (not just some pissy little letter from the FCC commissioner about the Voice of America propaganda stream), something that will cost them tens of billions of dollars, because that's how much they're taking in by making their phones with Chinese slaves and selling them to the 96 million party members with high paying jobs who can afford them. They will keep doing what they are doing. Why? Because, as part of the American system, Apple is required by law to do what is best for their shareholders, which means sticking it to dissidents and foreign media, and helping them get arrested or killed if that is what's required. This is nothing new, our glorious Market Capitalist system was basically built to oppress people and extract wealth.
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Neither is it the sound of one hand clapping. Whatever. How is this relevant to free speech suppression possibly hurting Apple? They are a business, and standing up for free speech hurts their business in China. Period. Until there is some sort of government action elsewhere such as in the US, e.g. binding resolutions about use of Apple products in government, official censure (not just some pissy little letter from the FCC commissioner about the Voice of America propaganda stream), something that will cost them tens of billions of dollars, because that's how much they're taking in by making their phones with Chinese slaves and selling them to the 96 million party members with high paying jobs who can afford them. They will keep doing what they are doing. Why? Because, as part of the American system, Apple is required by law to do what is best for their shareholders, which means sticking it to dissidents and foreign media, and helping them get arrested or killed if that is what's required. This is nothing new, our glorious Market Capitalist system was basically built to oppress people and extract wealth.