Apple's decisions for the Chinese contradict its carefully curated image.
🔹 Apple stores customer data on Chinese government servers.
🔹 Apple shares customer data with the Chinese government.
🔹 Apple proactively removes apps to placate Chinese officials.
🔹 Apple banned apps from a Communist Party critic.
🔹 Tens of thousands of iPhone apps have disappeared in China.
2/X
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-privacy-censorship.html
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