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How exactly would they help respect it?

Their choices are, as far as I can tell, to either remove certain apps from app store, or to face the app store blocked entirely. I wonder what servers their customers best.

It's hard and unpleasant to conduct business in a place where laws are at odds with what you believe is right. But when it's lucrative enough, you may choose to shut up and comply.




They could stop blocking sideloading, for one. That way they could comply in name but keep the block ineffective.


> I wonder what servers their customers best.

It sounds like that point can be accurately rephrased as, "We're censoring you, but we did some soul searching and we think it's for your own good."


> "We're censoring you, but we did some soul searching and we think it's for your own good."

There certainly aren't any souls waiting to be found in the earnings report.


There are actual people that make these decisions. C-level executives or some sort of committee.




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