Apple’s willingness to stand up to governments is notably absent in China<div class="feat-image">

</div><p><a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] has frequently used small variations on the same one-sentence justification when giving in to government demands that conflict with the company’s stated values: “Apple complies with the law in each of the countries in which it operates.”</p>
<p>However, there are occasions on which the company has instead chosen to stand up to unreasonable government demands, and we yesterday saw the latest (and highly successful) example …</p>
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Apple’s willingness to stand up to governments is notably absent in China