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Apple accedes to the demands of the Chinese government regulations and removed VPN apps that allowed access to networks outside of China. Some Freepers (the usual ones) fail to grasp the requirements of following the law when you are doing business in a country with regulations that must be followed to do business there. . . and seem to think that Apple can do what it wants to do regardless of those laws.

Does anyone think that Apple should poke their corporate thumb in the Chinese government's (or any government's) eye and NOT remove those apps, when ordered to do so by the appropriate authorities? All other cellular phone and tablet companies with App Stores doing business in China have ALSO followed the same regulations and removed their VPN apps that allowed access to external networks from their app stores. This is not just about Apple. . . and only unthiinking idiots accuse Apple of doing this voluntarily on its own. — PING!

Thanks to dayglored for the heads up.

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Does anyone think that Apple should poke their corporate thumb in the Chinese government's (or any government's) eye and NOT remove those apps, when ordered to do so by the appropriate authorities?

Back when I was working for Apple in the late 80s / early 90s, we were DAMN PROUD that Mac-based "Desktop Publishing" solutions played a key part in helping get out the REAL NEWS in the USSR and the Warsaw Pact, helping to disintegrate the evil axis!

Your fanboi instincts have taken you completely around the bend.

Some Freepers (the usual ones) fail to grasp the requirements of following the law when you are doing business in a country with regulations that must be followed to do business there. . .

I own two iPhones, soon to be three. Two ipods, and a Mac Book Pro. Do you think I give a rat's rear end what any of these dudes think? Keep up the good work bro.