[fermienrico]

Very good points, I think I concede with "stands against abuse" and "firm ethical stance". Apple will do whatever the board and the shareholders demand.

I am mixing up ethics with business motivation.

Apple - Good ethics, but tied to business performance. They cannot and will not exit China or go against the grain with the Chinese authorities.

Google - Sells your data to advertisers, but has good ethical stance against authorities abusing data. Google doesn't operate in China since a decade or more I believe. They've somehow convinced the shareholders.

[scarface74]

It’s eady to “convince shareholders” when a negligible part of your revenue comes from China.

So far this is just a rumor....

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/1/17638480/google-china-sear...