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China forced Apple to remove any app where the developer isn't registered in China. Meaning they asked Apple to remove 95% of the apps and games available in the App Store.

Poor iPhone users, basically they will get a "wechat handheld" and that's it...

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[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 99 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (21 children)

Apple is to blame too. They created a device that gives them so much power to make such lockdowns possible in the first place. The only proper response from Apple should be "we would really like to do it, but we can't be sure users won't install those apps outside of our store".

Something like that should not be possible with universal computing devices. This is why freedom to install any OS you want on mobile devices is more important than ever.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What's stopping China from saying - "if you want to sell iPhones in China, disable sideloading"?

[–] TheCalzoneMan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only thing stopping them is their own incompetency. Truly a thin wall, but as their older generations start dying off we'll see that wall broken down.

as their older generations start dying off we’ll see that wall broken down.

We wish, but we expect the younger generations would be the same if not more strict (think Kim).

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