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Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

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1456 points pulisse | 1 comments | 07 Oct 19 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.329s | source
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alkonaut ◴[07 Oct 19 16:53 UTC] No.21183066[source]▶
Stop sucking up to dictatorships. If they don't want to do business with you because your map or flags or search engine shows something they don't like - leave. Don't censor your search engine or modify your maps to fit their worldview.
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1. fauigerzigerk ◴[07 Oct 19 19:12 UTC] No.21184785[source]▶
In my opinion, this is a political issue. It should be handled on a political level similar to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that sets minimum standards for how corporations are allowed to act in foreign countries.

For-profit corporations are systemically unfit to solve this problem on their own. We should stop wishing for them to be something they cannot consistently be.