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StrangeDays said:

mikethemartian said:

blastdoor said:

The thing that makes the EU vastly better than China is that if their citizens don’t like something, they can complain and vote. Even foreign companies like Apple can complain and appeal decisions. 

With dictatorships like China (and Russia), there’s far less freedom to dissent. 

The big worry with Apple and China is — what happens if China secretly demands that Apple spy on American or European citizens? Would Apple comply if the alternative is China shutting down iPhone production and banning sales in China? I personally don’t think Cook would comply with that demand. But what about the next guy or the guy after that?

Apple is going to always choose the path that maximizes their shareholder value like any other publicly traded company.

Incorrect. Apple manages itself to delight the customer, not maximize profits. It's a myth that you have to make all decisions to maximize shareholder value, and in fact some business leaders like GE's famous CEO Jack Welch called doing so the "dumbest idea in the world":

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/11/28/maximizing-shareholder-value-the-dumbest-idea-in-the-world/

then why did Apple transfers it's users' iCloud data & encryption keys to the Chinese Government? or tried censoring protests?

doesn't sound very delightful to customers, unless Apple's customer is the Chinese government

danox said:

Why would Apple want to adopt Google's in house solution? Makes no sense next up adopt Meta Quest, Epic and Microsoft.

who said it was just Google's? there's literally no Google presence in China they're banned there for not confirming to Chinese Government Surveillance & privacy laws(every company in China have to, including Apple), Google only takes care of the Android side with Google Services. Universal RCS is managed by GSMA who also managed SMS/MMS. Even back then Microsoft Windows phones had the early RCS.  it's a universal standard & Apple haven't really brought anything to help the universal standard, maybe they would now.