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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shopping apps aren't really needed, I mean people could use the websites instead. So banning them wouldn't do any harm. Apps takes too much space & data anyways, which is not needed to function.

China bans stuffs all the time for no reason and makes laws that makes it difficult for a foreign business stay in China.

China’s Anti-Espionage Law Raises Foreign Business Risk

A lot of companies are preparing to leave or left China already for like India or Vietnam. It's a slow transition, but it's happening.

Apple's iPhone factory shift has left a ghost town behind in China

More Than 90% of North American Companies Have Relocated Production and Sourcing Over the Past Five Years

Why Companies Are Exiting China And What Leaders Can Do About It

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shopping apps aren't really needed, I mean people could use the websites instead

You could say the same thing for probably half the apps in the app stores, and yet people keep installing the apps. On iPhones, I think part of it is the fact that iOS had such poor support for PWAs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

more control and better monetization was probably the reason, y'know so apple can get that unfair cut.