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.
It is not now, They have been doing this for close to a decade.
In case anyone missed his Colbert appearance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_sEqfIL9Q
Especially the latter portion.
I think one of the misses is the implication that we can treat people like intelligent adults, and allow them to show up as adults. Vs if we censor conversations (infantilizing the audience) the bad ideas will metastasize.
If we if had to choose between metastasize and sepsis, the choice is clear.
If we are talking about a school environment i would 100 agree with Jon. But i think the larger population has proven that they are not intelligent adults (a really sad state) and can not be trusted with bad ideas prone to virality.
I lean with Jon’s idealism. I prefer the new Twitter over the old. But the tradeoffs are nuanced. There are not many clear and articulate thinkers equipped for the insanely complex times we find ourselves in.
> 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
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.”
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.
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.
You think this is outrage? I think you're missing the forest for the trees.
Fortunately, that is not the choice here. Strawman reductionism is not very productive, especially when dealing with really important consequences like reducing interactions and genuine connections between people.