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- Apple just removed WhatsApp, Signal, and other messaging apps from its Chinese app store.
- Big Tech is used to these compromises in order to do business in various parts of the world.
- But it could happen in the US, too, if a TikTok ban bill becomes law.
"We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree."
Remember that quote.
It's from an unidentified Apple comms person, to The Wall Street Journal, explaining why Apple just took four messaging/social media apps — WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram — out of its Chinese app store.