[jasonaten]

Because the company follows the law?

(To be clear, I'm not suggesting China is righteous, just that Apple still has to follow laws, even if it doesn't like them)

[2cb]

Exactly. Apple's choice here is either follow Chinese law or get their devices and services banned from China.

The CCP is awful in many ways but I can understand Apple preferring to follow the law rather than lose their second biggest market.