> I'm surprised people are taking this ban at face value. Yeah, it's astounding how quickly these discussions focused in on "well, what are the pros and cons o

> I'm surprised people are taking this ban at face value. Yeah, it's astounding how quickly these discussions focused in on "well, what are the pros and cons of banning an app? When is an app a national security issue? What is an appropriate trade retaliation?" and completely missed the fact that - hey, the US government is, for the first time, using the Commerce department to dictate what code you can execute on your own device. It's absolutely disheartening how many people are getting distracted from the real issue here. This is another trial balloon to expand executive power, and they're going to get away with it because "national security."