waveparticle

proline said:

JP234 said:

Sounds like an ill-timed, but productive visit. Certain elements in the Legislature and right wing media are sure to make hay out of it. But if you ask me, good business ties with China are super important, even in the face of recent geopolitical events. China will to be less inclined to damage their best customer.

Lol. Do you think Russia is less inclined to damage us after we
— gave them Ukraine’s nukes
— gave them the USSR spot on the security council
— shut down our own rocket engine manufacturing and made our rockets dependent on their engines
— made them key partners in the ISS
— let them genocide Chechnya
— let them conquer Georgia and Moldova and Crimea
— gave them Big Macs and iPhones

Of course not. Dictators can’t stop themselves from attacking us. We need to be ready. Apple is making us dependent rather than ready. 

Wow! All Russia's fault. US is the victim. Hate Russia, LOL.

lkrupp said:

netrox said:

Love how people think that USA is doing the same when in reality, it's not. 

China has full control over the Internet. USA doesn't. 

US FBI have complained how Apple refuses to build a backdoor. Apple said no and it's been respected. In China, you have no choice. 

You have right to encryption, not so in China where most of the traffic has to be non-SSL. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China
 

Yes, ever notice that when a totalitarian dictatorship (Russia, China, Iran) is called out for being evil the usual suspects here come to their defense by saying “the West does it too”. It’s like death and taxes, you can count on them showing up almost immediately.

This is double truth. You never learn. Free world calls out China as totalitarian dictatorship. This is monism purely from the Western POV. They never want to understand what the majority of Chinese are thinking of their government. A totalitarian dictatorship? LOL

The double truth is Western civilization is different mainly different from the Eastern civilization as viewing total person freedom as human rights. Personal freedom resulted freedom of speech, speech that can be distorted, exaggerated, lies. There is no responsibility of ones speech whether is false. Chinese civilization view peace as utmost important. False speech will cause conflicts, disturbances and disable society. Chinese people think bad behavior is un-tolerable. The government tries very hard to regulate bad behavior. And this makes the West view China as totalitarian dictatorship. This is where double truth comes from. 

For example. the accusation of Uyghurs genocide is founded from unproven claims. But Western leaders and media somehow view this accusation as truth. I see stupidity of Western culture here. 

LeoMC said:

9secondkox2 said:

LeoMC said:

waveparticle said:

LeoMC said:

blastdoor said:

lkrupp said:

How can Foxconn do that without Xi Jinping’s and the CCP’s permission?

Because Foxconn is a Taiwanese company. AI screwed up. 

Last I checked, Taiwan was a province in China, so every single Taiwanese company is also Chinese.
Just like Apple is both a Californian and a US company.

Not true. Do you get it from ChatGPT? The fact is due to a civil war, Taiwan was separated from mainland China since 1949. Independently governed. 

I'll let your rudeness slide this time.
Taiwan was never separated from China, it was just a place where the losing party was allowed to settle, having some autonomy but inside the Chinese state.

bruh. Taiwan is a sovereign nation. Get over it. 

According to the national legislation, Taiwan Is a province of China; according to the international law, Taiwan is a province of China; according to its de jure - China constitution - and de facto statuses, it has no autonomy except in economic relations. Taiwan has no right to enter a treaty and UN - and every other member state - will ignore everything the local government has signed without being ratified by China.
Taiwan is just as “sovereign” as California.

LOL International law? There is no such thing. A law could be enforced. There is no international law that could be enforced. Californians have to pay federal income taxes. Taiwanese do not pay taxes to mainland China.

Last week the magic mouse 2 that comes with the iMac is dead. I googled how to replace magic mouse II battery. I did not get an answer that solve my problem. Eventually I have to call Apple support who led me to solve the problem. 

beowulfschmidt said:

Applejacs said:

Ok, so Apple cuts a check for how much?

Ideally, it would be the amount of money they made from the infringement.  But for a long time, it's been well worth it for Apple to infringe and then pay some pittance to make the problem go away.  The only way to stop infringement is to impose penalties that actually matter.

I know exactly how likely that is though, given how much corporations "contribute to" legislators.

Apple starts paying licensing fee for every AppleWatch sold?