It's frustrating because I can see both sides having valid concerns, however, while Signal's position may be the right one ethically, AWS/Google are in the righ

It's frustrating because I can see both sides having valid concerns, however, while Signal's position may be the right one ethically, AWS/Google are in the right practically. Should these countries kick up a stink about a private business acting from their perspective to undermine the laws of their country, it could very well blow up into an international incident. From the point of view of AWS/Google, allowing this to happen or turning a blind eye makes them just a culpable if this were to turn into an incident. That's not to say I don't support what Signal is trying to achieve, in fact, I very much do, however, given that in essence they forced Google/AWS into this situation without much thought makes me less sympathetic to their plight.