Apple CCP $275B deal included Maps changes for disputed islands

> Going by either the Senkaku Islands or the Diaoyu Islands, depending on which side of the argument you’re taking, they inspired a request from China to members of the Maps team to make them appear larger, even when viewers are zoomed out on the map. According to The Information, not only did Apple eventually make the change, but even today, for viewers using its map from within China, the islands are still shown at a larger scale than the territories around them.

Surely, altering the physical reality of Earth to appease the CCP is going too far. This isn't just a territorial dispute that can be addressed using different labels, this is subverting the very purpose of maps themselves. They might as well be changing the outcome of 2 + 2 because the CCP told them to.

I'm an otherwise happy Apple customer but I find this absolutely appalling.

I think all western companies should try to reorganize supply chains such that they rely as little as possible on China.

Reasonable Western governments should support this, and enact policies to speed this up.

Obviously something that takes time, but the alternative is to gradually become a slave under China.

Google somehow and somewhat stayed true to its motto "Don't be evil" and shut down their censored Chinese Google Search project but Apple is straight out evil and dancing with the devil.

Why would China want the islands to look bigger? I can't think of a reason.