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Tim Cook has no ability to change the Chinese government's policies.


Untrue and defeatist. Tim Cook does influence Chinese policy, you can't pretend he's the victim here:

  EU: Tim Cook will *leave your economic zone* if you fraudulently label him as a monopolist, okay? If your government doesn't change, Apple won't bless your economy.

  China: There's just nothing we could do. When they asked to backdoor iCloud we couldn't make any demands from them. They constantly demand authoritarian control and *never* let us say a single word. We're being abused, someone help us!


OK, honest question: did Tim Cook and Apple successfully get the EU to change a policy they didn't like?




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