• Apple CEO Sucks Up to China in Interview With State-Owned Media

    From Jim_Higgins@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 29 20:41:18 2022
    https://freebeacon.com/national-security/apple-ceo-sucks-up-to-china-in-interview-with-state-owned-media/
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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jun 30 17:20:57 2022
    On 2022-06-30, Jim_Higgins <[email protected]> wrote:
    https://freebeacon.com/national-security/apple-ceo-sucks-up-to-china-in-interview-with-state-owned-media/

    "Wait!... Apple uses WWDC to praise app developers in China too?
    ERRMEGHERD!1! How DARE they?!!?!1" ~ clueless dumbfuck, Jimbo Higgins

    Transcript of this "sucking up to China" - note how similar it is to
    every single other WWDC talk about developers in literally every other
    country:

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiFia0oQ7KE>
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    Hosts: It is an honor to have Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc with us. Hi,
    Mr. Cook.

    Tim Cook: Hi.

    Hosts: Cook shared with us his views on Chinese developers along with
    products made in China, apps and services developed by China, and also
    global trend-settings in different areas. For example, a short video and
    social media app that has overtaken Facebook as the most downloaded app,
    the top three gaming apps in terms of monthly revenue, a shopping app
    that ranks at the top in 54 countries and regions were all developed by
    China. Cook also offered his views on Chinese developers.

    Tim Cook: I want to start by saying a few words about the innovative and inspiring developer community in China. Today the iOS dev community is
    30 million strong. We're so proud about that. And with more than 5
    million Chinese developers and counting, there's no question that China
    has one of the most vibrant developer communities in the entire world.
    Whenever I meet with developers, I'm so impressed by your creat