With point 4) I don't think Apple intends to ignore the ruling of governments in that way. Much of Apple's business remains in the hardware market, and indeed t

With point 4) I don't think Apple intends to ignore the ruling of governments in that way. Much of Apple's business remains in the hardware market, and indeed this service would require hardware also (perhaps even be limited to iDevices). Such countries could just ban the sale of Apple devices. Besides, there's much more profit in Apple co-operating with countries like China vs trying to ignore their will and do their own thing on their land anyway. Either way, it's hard to imagine that a country like China wouldn't be able to create some blockers for Apple's telecoms. Apple stands up for citizens rights in accordance with the law. It does not generally stand up for circumventing the law in countries, even if it might disagree with that law.