A reminder that Apple directly helped the Chinese Communist Party suppress protests in Hong Kong by pushing an update to alter how Airdrop worked, interrupting protestor communications.
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I was in HK during the entire protest period and this did not happen.
There would be absolutely no point in restricting airdrop, everyone was using telegram, WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook to organize protests without issue.
As the article states, they did this in mainland China, not in Hong Kong.
There's no censorship in Hong Kong and thus no reason to use airdrop to circumvent it.
Highly appreciate the context, ty
It would appear that Apple did in fact push an update that forced protestors to opt into receiving airdrop files, and it would only work for 10 minutes at a time. Not direct censorship, but the timing and increased difficulty was suspect to many. I don’t trust nostr:npub1mygerccwqpzyh9pvp6pv44rskv40zutkfs38t0hqhkvnwlhagp6s3psn5p's position on this. I find it unusually emotional and ego centered. Not sure what that’s all about.
You personally attack me when I ask for evidence...
They did exactly this to phones purchased in the mainland China market, not Hong Kong.
And to be clear, the protestors were *not* using phones purchased in mainland China.
Regardless, your claim that Apple doing something funky with airdrop "suppressed protests in Hong Kong" is completely ridiculous because everything was organized using telegram/whatsapp/facebook/twitter, none of which were restricted.
I understand that your post is more about Apple than China's actions in Hong Kong, but it's still contributing to the process of manufacturing consent for war with China and I know you're smarter than that, that's why I'm annoyed with it.
He keeps pushing fake news daily and doesnt provide sources lol
Whenever something starts with "A reminder that" lol beware!
"Repeat a life often enough and it becomes the truth".
Makes you wonder why he's not more concerned about how the government treats people in his own "country".
CIA troll.
I've been following him for a while and agreed with mostly everything he said but this is something I have direct experience with and makes no sense if you were on the ground at the time.
It's frustrating to see them manufacturing consent for another round of fuckery "because China/Russia/Iran". Covid all over again except this time it's going to involve conscription, and like last time many bitcoiners are falling for it and participating in the process which is very disheartening.
While I'm sure you are a very intelligent and observant dude, its quite possible that you were not everywhere at once, and the many many people who reported on this are not lying just because you don't know about it <3
No. This absolutely did not happen in Hong Kong, nor does it make any logical sense to happen from a political or technical perspective.
"many many people who reported on this" links, names, or you're just making this up.
Huh. Youre a very low quality individual. Not only are you wrong, but you’re arrogant and disrespectful. I’m guessing that is because you don’t have people in your life that will beat your ass when you get out of line. I hope that changes for you. This will be the last conversation we have, unless I discover we are attending the same bitcoin conference. Then we will definitely have one more conversation 🙂
So no links then?
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