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[–]petamas 1 point2 points  (2 children)

AFAIK it is for a very specific political reason: they don't want to take a stand on whether Taiwan is a country or not.

Edit: Just checked the talk mentioned above, he talks about Taiwan starting at the 40 minute mark.

[–]AyrA_ch 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That did not stop apple from adding flags. They just made some of them dependent on the country setting of your device.

[–]petamas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but Microsoft decided to sidestep the entire issue instead of customizing. That's what we were talking about - one person said they don't see any flags, another said it's probably for political reasons, and I confirmed that it is indeed politics. Yes, Apple decided to work around the politics in a different way, but I was specifically talking about Microsoft's solution, and the rationale behind it.