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I'm willing to bet the Ultra Large Container Vessel class boat-load of money Apple is making helps there.
Doesn't apple have around 100 billion cash reserve. How much more do they require?
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These are pure lies, top to bottom.
And how exactly would you know that? There is a great deal of animosity towards police right now in HK. A very small minority of protestors have demonstrated willingness to apply violence, and police (including off-duty officers) have been attacked in the open on more than one occasion. So I don’t think it’s inconceivable that the availability of a crowdsourced map might increase such incidents. Of course, this is go…
- Oct 6th: Apple first rejected the app [0],
- Oct 8th: Apple then approved it after criticism for rejection [1]
- Oct 9th: Apple removed it after criticism from the CPC (this story)
[0]: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-hk-protest-map...
[1]: https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3032001/apple-...
>Yesterday, English-language state media outlet China Daily blasted Apple’s decision to allow HKmap.live onto the App Store. “Providing a gateway for ‘toxic apps’ is hurting the feelings of the Chinese people, twisting the facts of Hong Kong affairs, and against the views and principles of the Chinese people,” the op-ed argued. Wow...this type of language - "toxic apps," "hurting the feelings of the Chinese people,"…
The language is only one component in a given scenario. What the language is being deployed to do is very important. Murderers can use the same language in their court defenses as innocent people.
>Yesterday, English-language state media outlet China Daily blasted Apple’s decision to allow HKmap.live onto the App Store. “Providing a gateway for ‘toxic apps’ is hurting the feelings of the Chinese people, twisting the facts of Hong Kong affairs, and against the views and principles of the Chinese people,” the op-ed argued. Wow...this type of language - "toxic apps," "hurting the feelings of the Chinese people,"…
When have "SJWs" ever lobbied to pull maps or other public information or safety resources? Can you come up with one example? The language is only one component in a given scenario. What the language is being deployed to do is very important. Murderers can use the same language in their court defenses as innocent people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-out_culture#Cancel_Cultur...
- Oct 6th: Apple first rejected the app [0],
- Oct 8th: Apple then approved it after criticism for rejection [1]
- Oct 9th: Apple removed it after criticism from the CPC (this story)
[0]: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-hk-protest-map...
[1]: https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3032001/apple-...
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When have "SJWs" ever lobbied to pull maps or other public information or safety resources? Can you come up with one example? The language is only one component in a given scenario. What the language is being deployed to do is very important. Murderers can use the same language in their court defenses as innocent people.
Isn’t cancel culture more or less the same thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-out_culture#Cancel_Cultur...
To ensure I am following the story correctly: - Oct 6th: Apple first rejected the app [0], - Oct 8th: Apple then approved it after criticism for rejection [1] - Oct 9th: Apple removed it after criticism from the CPC (this story) [0]: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-hk-protest-map... [1]: https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-social/article/3032001/apple-...
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And how exactly would you know that? There is a great deal of animosity towards police right now in HK. A very small minority of protestors have demonstrated willingness to apply violence, and police (including off-duty officers) have been attacked in the open on more than one occasion. So I don’t think it’s inconceivable that the availability of a crowdsourced map might increase such incidents. Of course, this is go…
Then by the same logic, WeChat should be banned since it's clearly documented to be used by Chinese Trolls to attack protesters in Australia and Canada.
I want to be clear that I’m not trying to side with anyone here - I’m just calling out a knee-jerk response that I don’t believe is actually based in fact. If there’s good evidence that Apple or the HK government is inventing evidence of misuse, I’ll happily take back what I’ve said.