The Chinese Government Started to Corner Apple

Although the world has focused only on the coronavirus epidemic for a long time, there are some important developments. At the beginning of these developments USA and China The ropes between them are getting tighter every day. The Donald Trump administration is trying to somehow ban anything related to China. Latest developments in this regard, China also declared war on US companies It shows.

The US administration has been waging war on China-based application and technology manufacturers for some time. The clearest indication of this is Huawei, appear as decisions regarding TikTok and WeChat. It is impossible to know where this war will lead, but it seems that China will also retaliate. Apple is using. Because the company has been on the App Store, which has been available to Chinese users since the beginning of this month. More than 47 thousand games Had to deprecate it. 

A popular digital media company The Informationgave this striking number in a report about Apple. Moreover, according to this report, it is possible that such an operation will be carried out once again in addition to the 47 thousand applications removed. So Apple, in the future thousands more applications Can remove it from the Chinese version of the App Store. So why is Apple doing something like this?

According to The Information's report, Apple is from policy gaps provides services by taking advantage of It seems that the Chinese government has been aware of this issue until now. However, the US administration's declaration of war against Chinese giants seems to have angered the Chinese government. Because Chinese laws restrict Apple corner He started to do his best for it. This led Apple to remove thousands of mobile games from the App Store in China.

Meanwhile, Apple is also more than aware of Chinese laws. uncomfortable It needs to be clearly stated that. For example, according to Chinese law, foreign application stores a Chinese partner They need to find and provide service. However, Apple has been resisting this decision for a long time. 

Another problem Apple has with Chinese laws is Source codes of iOS operating system. According to the law, the source codes of operating systems across the country must be shared with the government. However, Apple does not want to share closed source iOS with the Chinese government. Apple even contacted the government to be exempt from this issue. in contact. To be frank, Apple does not easily give the source codes of iOS to the Chinese government.

China's control mechanism has cornered Apple many times. For example, after the company launched the App Store and other stores in China. just 6 months laterwas forced to remove movies from iBookstore and iTunes. In addition, according to the law, games, especially those that are paid or in-app purchases, must first be checked by the authorities. approval It is necessary. Apple, on the other hand, was able to bypass this situation by exploiting vulnerabilities. This seems to be the most obvious reason why more than 47 thousand apps have been removed from the App Store.

The latest developments are a big deal for Apple's presence in China. risk It looks like. Because if the Chinese government continues to put pressure on Apple and corners the company, Apple will either have to kneel to the Chinese government or withdraw from the Chinese market. However, China is Apple'sthe biggest It is one of its markets and it seems unlikely that the technology giant will consider leaving China. Let's see who will survive the end of this process.