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zepto
Chinese government orders Apple to take down Quran app in China.
chuckee
And Apple prevents their users from getting the app elsewhere.

They don't get to build a cage, then plead innocence when others abuse the cage.

zepto
Apple loudly advertises this fact.

Users don’t get to plead victimhood when the product works as advertised.

It’s not a cage. It’s a hotel that people willingly stay in because the operators keep it clean.

WarOnPrivacy
> It’s a hotel that people willingly stay in because the operators keep it clean.

Clean here meaning free of content that isn't liked by repressive, rights-abusing governments.

zepto
Clean meaning certain kinds of malware are disallowed.

Complying with the law is generally a prerequisite for doing business in as complex a good as iPhones.

sterlind
Jails are just hotels you can't check out of. That's why it's called jailbreaking. The Western app store might be a hotel, but the Chinese app store sure looks like a jail.
zepto
Sure, but by that logic, that’s true of everything in China, no?