About the apps that Apple censored in China

I would like to see western governments treat Chinese censorship as non-tariff barriers to trade when negotiating trade agreements.<p>Unfortunately for the most part western governments seem to have the same problem as western countries in not wanting to be frozen out of China and thus don&#x27;t overtly question NTBs.

This would be a non issue if Apple allowed side loading apps from outside the app store. The argument that this weakens security is bogus because users that don&#x27;t need this ability can leave it disabled.<p>The argument that this encourages piracy is also weak since most money in the app store is made on IAP.

I&#x27;m not a fan of Apple, but I think Cook&#x27;s strategy here is very reasonable. iPhone is a walled garden since day one. People who really want freedom of speech have a huge reason not to use an iPhone since there are smartphones. It&#x27;s not really a userbase he can attract anyways. This way in turn he keeps a huge market open for sales and as one of the biggest US companies in the Chinese market I bet he can also use that to trade favors with US politicians for insights into the market and soft influence over the Chinese government.

Strangely, there appear to be a set of &quot;comprehension questions&quot; at the bottom of the article. Was it supposed to be aimed at schoolchildren reading it?