If you are a Hongkonger and want to figure out how to avoid road closures, police lines or tear gas, that app @Apple just rejected as encouraging illegal activity is the only option. I've seen many families with children caught in tear gas—and this app is how people can avoid it.
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First downplaying the hacking scandal with China targeting Uighurs (no small issue!), and now rejecting apps that Hongkongers use to stay safe? I like
@Apple's privacy tools, but what's going on? Will China, with its big market, just muscle its way to Western products? Seems so.Show this thread -
This is a good, detailed thread on why
@Apple's "encouraging illegal activity" excuse for rejecting a Hong Kong map app is nonsense. If anything, it's the kind of app that allows people to comply with police orders and/or staying safe.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1179233095473602560 …Show this thread -
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@Apple’s logic, waze should have been banned long time ago. It’s worse than http://HKmap.live by any logic. But it’s up, but HongKongers can’t have an app that let’s them be safe and comply with police.https://twitter.com/donparkison/status/1179242555889848320 …Show this thread
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I was asked to re-skin our product that can be abused to capture network traffic about people, to look like it came from a Chinese ministry. and they needed the Taiwan timezones removed from everything.
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If they allowed this for Hong Kong they would need to allow it for all
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Please fix this Tim.
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If China got a pass from this, they would soon ask Apple to rejects Twitter FB CNN FOXnews. Watch out!
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