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by egorfine8 hours ago |
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upvoteby throwawayffffas8 hours ago|
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Why? They only disabled ADP in the UK, how is it different?
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upvoteby unified1016 hours ago|
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It isn't.
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upvoteby Matl4 hours ago|
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Except for where Western governments pearl clutch about freedom and how free and open they are unlike big, bad China and all that.
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upvoteby pocksuppet3 hours ago|
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Remember that North Koreans genuinely believe they are living in the most free country on earth.
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upvoteby cindyllm1 hours ago|
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upvoteby philipallstar3 hours ago|
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> Western governments pearl clutch about freedom and how free and open they are

That's not how to use "pearl clutch". And the UK doesn't do that, and it isn't very free or open, except in the deranged mind of Kier Starmer[0]. Classic liberalism in the UK has long given way to regulation of speech, proud conformity, state dependency, and all the other things that are hallmarks of people who treat the state as a surrogate parent.

[0] https://uk.news.yahoo.com/starmer-defends-uk-commitment-free...

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upvoteby ImJamal4 hours ago|
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It is not like their HQ is in China. They chose to enter the Chinese market.
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upvoteby sneak3 hours ago|
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Every iPhone sold everywhere is manufactured in China. They make 34,000 iOS devices every hour, 24/7. That’s not possible anywhere else.

Apple is, from a purely practical standpoint, more a Chinese operation than an American one.

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upvoteby ImJamal3 hours ago|
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They could manufacture them in China, but not sell the phones there?
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upvoteby sneak2 hours ago|
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China is their second biggest market, I believe.

Additionally, the humans who make all of the iPhones and iPads are Chinese people, subject to Chinese law. Apple has to do exactly what the CCP wants, at least for now. They are desperately trying to ramp up phone production in India, but there is huge expertise at Foxconn that isn’t in India as yet.

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upvoteby ImJamal19 minutes ago|
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If Apple did not sell iPhones to Chinese consumers the Chinese government wouldn't make Apple provide a different icloud. They made that choice, not by manufacturing in China, but by selling there.
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