> "But obviously we’ll take a look at it if that’s the case.”
Take a look and what? If the app does do what everyone says it does (including the Saudis) will Apple remove the app?
Take a look and what? If the app does do what everyone says it does (including the Saudis) will Apple remove the app?
And how could Apple ever defy the likes of China and Sauds, when their militant control of the iOS walled garden is modeled after totalitarian regimes, like Saudi Arabia?
But Apple is not required to distribute an app just because it's legal under local laws. There are all kinds of legal things you can't make an app for in the US. Apple is within its legal rights to say, "you can't distribute that app on our platform."
Do you see the difference?
Apple's selective enforcement is indicative of the impact on it's bottom line. If banning the Saudi app leads to a ban on iPhones in Saudi, Apple will gladly cower to the kingdom for more money, as it has demonstrated with China.
Apple DOESN'T care about morals, or it's customers or the horse shit rules governing it's store - it just needs a worthy adversary to put it in it's place, else it'll gladly be the biggest bully in the playground, and claim moral authority while doing so.