The author heard Cook’s comments as advocating for privacy, but that’s wrong. He’s advocating for privacy legislation. The utility of privacy legislation for a

The author heard Cook’s comments as advocating for privacy, but that’s wrong. He’s advocating for privacy legislation. The utility of privacy legislation for a company like Apple is to protect itself from completion by firms too small to afford the armies of lawyers and compliance experts that Apple can. The tech industry it seems has finally caught on to the age old racket of regulatory capture. Every big tech chief can be heard begging governments to “stop us before we sin.” With their business models well proven and scale achieved, they will lobby for more regulations and of course volunteer to bring their distinctive expertise to the drafting table.