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This is one of those moments I wish Jobs was still here. Had he lost to the DOJ, here is what would (might) have happened: - he would gladly unlocked this pho
by joering2 11y ago
This is one of those moments I wish Jobs was still here.
Had he lost to the DOJ, here is what would (might) have happened:
- he would gladly unlocked this phone and bill DOJ for the time spent on redesigning IOS
- going forward, he would label each phone's box in red letters: CONTAINS GOVERNMENT-REQUIRED BACKDOOR (I doubt Gov can forbid him from doing that)
- he would then stop selling devices in Apple stores directly and only allow to order them in stores with direct home delivery from Apple website hosted and operated outside USA.
- all the shipping would be done directly from China by-passing US-tax system all together.
- shortly after he would remove the backdoor IOs for devices that are not directly sold on US soil
That would be a big fat middle finger to the DOJ.
- venomsnake 11y agoAnd then Jobs would find himself for a long long prison term after the DOJ decides to go full power with him for something otherwise unrelated or small. You commit a lot of federal offenses by just existing in the USA. Or every other country. There is always something that they can nail you for.
- codeisawesome 11y agoThis is quite horrible but, if his diagnosis had come after such a middle finger... I wonder if he would care.