Apple takes down Quran app in China

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The dev posted this some weeks back, but I found it too off-the-wall to believe. I wish I could go back and append a mea culpa to my old comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28500301)

Chinese government orders Apple to take down Quran app in China.

And Apple prevents their users from getting the app elsewhere.

They don't get to build a cage, then plead innocence when others abuse the cage.

Apple loudly advertises this fact.

Users don’t get to plead victimhood when the product works as advertised.

It’s not a cage. It’s a hotel that people willingly stay in because the operators keep it clean.

Jails are just hotels you can't check out of. That's why it's called jailbreaking. The Western app store might be a hotel, but the Chinese app store sure looks like a jail.

Sure, but by that logic, that’s true of everything in China, no?

> It’s a hotel that people willingly stay in because the operators keep it clean.

Clean here meaning free of content that isn't liked by repressive, rights-abusing governments.

Clean meaning certain kinds of malware are disallowed.

Complying with the law is generally a prerequisite for doing business in as complex a good as iPhones.

Also Bible app.

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