Comment by like_any_other
11 hours ago
He signed a secret agreement to help develop China's technology [1], lobbied against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China [2], and blocked the Hong Kong protest app [3], the New York Times app [4], and many others [5] in China.
This is less than negligible.
[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2021/12/07/apple-ceo-tim-cook-secr...
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/20/apple-u...
[3] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-apple-i...
[4] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/business/media/new-york-t...
[5] https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/apple_appstore_china_cen...
Apparently it still wasn't enough to have Xi tell his boy Trump that Cook doesn't need to waste time licking the boot.