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Apple blocks Siri's prostitute-finder function

chinadaily.com.cn

21 pointsgruvinmin10 comments

If you're in China and are having finding prostitutes, you haven't either walked through you hotel lobby, onto a main shopping street, or really been anywhere. They are quite literally everywhere in the cities and larger towns.

I can not think of a single day, except deep in the mountainous countryside, where I have not been approached by women selling themselves, or guys trying to sell me 'sexy lady massage'. Even in the mountains we're seen roadside brothels.

If the search feature was to find quality prostitutes, then that's quite probably another issue and for some a positive development.

The mamasans in Osaka are the worst. If you tell them you are not interested they will literally grab you off the street. I mean I know Osaka is the city of the hard sell, but... geez.

Is there an Osaka in China too, or are you talking about the one in Japan?

The one in Japan is the only one I know of. I was surprised myself, given how Westernized Japan is compared to the rest of Asia, and how nominally illegal prostitution is there now.

I've never had problems in Osaka.

Though the mamasans and bar girls in WanChai in Hong Kong can be quite aggressive. Leave a hand for them to grab and you'll be yanked into the bar very quickly!!

Never stop for anyone approaching you on the street in China. Even if it seems legit they are probably attempting to scam you.

I've been going to China for more than a decade and lived there for a while too. I use the opportunities to practice my "street" Chinese and try to understand rural dialects. But I've never been taken in by any of the scams or folks coming up to me on the street. Worse is knowingly overpaying by 10-30rmb when buying something because I didn't want to haggle for ages.

I even take taxis from the taxi rank at the airport or train/bus station(instead of touts in the terminal/station), make a point of photographing or writing down the license plate number and pretending to text it to someone, so they know scamming or stealing from me won't work as well. Never really had a problem and try to make a game out of it, so its less of a chore.

Oh, this explains the results when I asked "Siri, Find me some girl scout cookies".

This would have never happened on Android. Typical Apple over reaching bullshit. BRB selling my iPhone for something that RESPECTS my sexual desires.

You can do all sorts of things with an Android(prostitute) that you can't do with your iPhone(wife).

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