This really shouldn't be surprising to anyone. Apple has repeatedly demonstrated the willingness to kowtow to the CCP. I always think of this clip, the look on Tim Cook's (or Tim Apple as he likes to be called) says everything you need to know about him.
Right or Left, it all gets censored if the powers that be don't like it. There is no red, there is no blue. There is the state, and there is you.
Jon Stewart’s Apple TV Plus show ends, reportedly over coverage of AI and China
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23924549/jon-stewart-apple-ai-china-cancel
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I hope the completion of TSMC Arizona makes a dent in Apples reliance on Chinese supply chains