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I think what they’ve done in China shows that this premise is tenuous at best, and subject to change given the right “incentives.”

• Karunamon 8y ago
  What they’ve done in China was one of two options, the other is “abandon China”. The US doesn’t have a legal framework to ban a company. They do.
  • mirimir 8y ago
    Good point. So with enough pressure in the US, they'd fold.
    • ggg9990 8y ago
      Thanks to the Constitution that would be a three part effort but I have no doubt that it’s doable in today’s America. With one more Supreme Court vacancy Trump could surely do it.
• mirimir 8y ago
  Yeah, and this is strange. Why would Apple so strongly resist pressure from the FBI, and then cave to Chinese authorities? For the Chinese case, there was language about respecting nations' laws. So in the US case, were they arguing on Constitutional grounds?
  • jfnixon 8y ago
    In the US, the Constitution is the law. In China, the law is set by the party in power. Apple has to respect the law in China to sell in China.
  • boomboomsubban 8y ago
    The FBI was compelling Apple to develop new software for them for free. Caving would allow the FBI to make similar demands at will, compared to China having an entry requirement.
• scarface74 8y ago
  If they are being truthful about how data is stored - it's encrypted and only the end user has the private key - it shouldn't present a privacy risk.