This isn’t the first time Apple bends to the Chinese regulators. You can’t type Taiwanese flag on Chinese versions of Apple hardwares, code was one liner clean, but that was a beginning. Then we see that Chinese state level anti-scam app came preinstalled on brand new iPhones on Chinese models.
Get a Chinese SIM card or have your iPhone under a Chinese base station, you’ll find some difference.
I’m sure Apple has done some great effort to prevent anything worse. But getting China to dictate the content maker part of Apple may be another milestone.
More like Apple decided to self-censor so as to not provoke China, which is despicable. Same happened with Disney and praising the local government where Uyghurs are put in internment camps.
I thought this was r/TitleGore but it turns out that thecybernerd just chose to omit the leading "J" from the title: (Jon Stewart)'s (Apple TV Plus) show ...
> Apple approached Stewart directly and expressed its need for the host and
> his team to be "aligned" with the company's views on topics discussed.
> Rather than falling in line when Apple threatened to cancel the show,
> Stewart reportedly decided to walk
How do you Apple fanboys turn a blind eye to this level of bullshit.
I don’t. But I do find them more aligned with my interests elsewhere. Much more so than Google, Facebook, Samsung, or the other monsters out there. Pick your poison.
I’m not a fanboy, and I disagree with it. I’m not going to stop using apple products, because what’s the alternative?
For phones I get to choose between apple and google. This pales in comparison to what Google’s doing. So it’s like choosing between a punch in the face and being set on fire. I don’t like being punched in the face, but I have to have a phone.
For work, it’s between Apple and Microsoft. Again, holy mole is there a difference. Do I want this behavior from apple or ads on my desktop and forced patches in the middle of my presentation. I need a computer.
You have no idea how much I wanted a third alternative instead of Google and Apple.
But right now I don't have much of a choice. And that is as someone who is well versed in Apple's supply chain and China policy well before it even got to the media.
> How do you Apple fanboys turn a blind eye to this level of bullshit.
Google deserves credit for giving up some of their search and app business rather than submitting to censorship.
However, as I understand it, many Pixel phone components (and some of the phones themselves) are still made in China, although Google has some manufacturing in India and elsewhere.
Jon Stewart has never been a journalist, he's always been an entertainer. The Daily Show was not news, it was entertainment. His current iteration is worse because he now he pretends to do real news where before he was self aware of being entertainment, it was part of the joke. But he isn't different from Tucker or Maddow. He's now just cranking the Rage Machine to get his nut. The outrage on your part is just as false as the outrage he spews. He's entertainment. His entertainment should be controlled and owned by the people paying for it. There's no editorial independence to protect because it's not journalism.
methou|2 years ago
Get a Chinese SIM card or have your iPhone under a Chinese base station, you’ll find some difference.
I’m sure Apple has done some great effort to prevent anything worse. But getting China to dictate the content maker part of Apple may be another milestone.
xenospn|2 years ago
botanical|2 years ago
ksec|2 years ago
It is not now, They have been doing this for close to a decade.
gaoryrt|2 years ago
tpmx|2 years ago
In case anyone missed his Colbert appearance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSfejgwbDQ8&t=171s
pengaru|2 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_sEqfIL9Q
Especially the latter portion.
mdaniel|2 years ago
pengaru|2 years ago
jahlove|2 years ago
michael1999|2 years ago
prepend|2 years ago
For phones I get to choose between apple and google. This pales in comparison to what Google’s doing. So it’s like choosing between a punch in the face and being set on fire. I don’t like being punched in the face, but I have to have a phone.
For work, it’s between Apple and Microsoft. Again, holy mole is there a difference. Do I want this behavior from apple or ads on my desktop and forced patches in the middle of my presentation. I need a computer.
Don’t mistake this for “turning a blind eye.”
ksec|2 years ago
But right now I don't have much of a choice. And that is as someone who is well versed in Apple's supply chain and China policy well before it even got to the media.
musicale|2 years ago
Google deserves credit for giving up some of their search and app business rather than submitting to censorship.
However, as I understand it, many Pixel phone components (and some of the phones themselves) are still made in China, although Google has some manufacturing in India and elsewhere.
halJordan|2 years ago
mdaniel|2 years ago