Apple is not necessarily good, but 1000 times more trustworthy when it comes to user privacy.
Google is the cult leader of sucking every little details off its users because it genuinely believes it has the right to do so, nay, it has the moral obligation to do so for the good of all humanity.
Yup, as a Chinese I find seafood selection in your typical US supermarket borderline offensive if not so pathetic.
In China even a small city with 400000 population (that is small in China, don't argue.) located 1000 miles from sea would at least have fresh clams and a few live sea fish in watertanks at walmart.
In America all you average consumers buy are vacuum-sealed squares of bland fillet.
Mobile operator does not capture anything from the iOS Eco-system, ust like in the US. Since all mobile operators are state owned, I suspect this arrangement created a sore point between the Chinese government and Apple.
I don't believe Gruber is complaining about The Deck being blocked, rather arguing that some ad networks are "more equal than others" (which I believe is true BTW).
It matters little financially though, Gruber's main revenue source is not the puny little square at the bottom left corner of Daringfireball.net anyway.
I'm Chinese, and I am constantly reminded by /r/worldnews that blatant ignorance and hate for everything China is a thing, a common thing.
Still I do not understand Reginald's reasoning. The world or reddit for that matter does not revolve around a single person. Sure, visit or don't, do what you see fit. But the grand standing is pretty hollow if I may say so.
Then I remembered the worshiping of free speech in the west and people's reprehension upon mentioning PRC's tight control over media, or on a lesser scale, people's reaction to Apple's walled garden approach. Well, now some company is walking the walk (kinda, with caveats), quite hilariously it becomes poison and the Antichrist.
EDIT：Also I'd like to remind Reginald: The ilks of /r/CoonTown are huge obstacles to reddit's monetization plan, the fact is plainly obvious I really do not get the "blood money" angle.
First, I think EU was wrong on Microsoft's case with IE integration. At the end of the day, a superior Chrome decimated IE's dominance, not EU's fine or mandatory browser chooser.
Second, at the time IE was stale beyond belief and quite obviously inventing compatibility issues just to further its own dominance. Safari team have done none such thing, they just move at their own pace, doing the usual Apple thing, you can complain about their obliviousness but still attribute malice? That's rich. Webkit is opensource FFS.
That is not true, Apple map is better than Google's in China, better than Baidu at navigation even. It uses a local map provider's (amap.com) data of course.
Because Google and its acolytes like to portray the company as the omnibenevolent curator of all that is good with the world(by world I mean everything online)?
The biggest win for me is contact access control, it drives me absolutely nuts when a messaging app or whatever insists on having full access of my very private and valuable contact info.
If I haven't experienced the translucent effect on iOS 7 I would be as skeptical as you are. But despite all the amateurish things Apple did with iOS (Oh the icons),the translucency is actually very tasteful and providing a satisfactory sense of depth.
The translucency on Vista is just over the top besides a heavy system resource toll.
I'll have to wait to see how the see-through side panel works in reality to give thumbs up to Yosemite though.
I have nothing constructive to add. Just as a Chinese who frequently hosts dinner party for friends and coworkers, the idea of someone voluntarily using soylent as meal substitute is utter crazy and I feel personally insulted by the mere existence of such horrific product.
The thing is I have absolutely no interest in join a bloody social network just to use my phone book, as a matter of fact I block every app on my phone from accessing the contacts info.
I'm sorry, but Chinese people do not consider Philippines a proper enemy. Do consider another possibility though, that China now is really confident in its military power that taking back the islands by force become a realistic possibility. And the hawk posture is not only for internal diversion but also a display of global ambition.
There is constant outcry especially since last year. And protest happens daily in China. It's just that normally people stay on particular issues at hand rather than nebular banners such as "small government" etc, for cultural reasons and the protestors' own safety.
Remember, these criminals essentially get these parts for "free", they can undercut Apple even if Apple sells at cost.
And Apple never sells anything at cost.