This is what would happen in China. Myanmar is not capable of it. > Within minutes, every iPhone is disabled from accessing the state owned cellular systems.

This is what would happen in China. Myanmar is not capable of it. > Within minutes, every iPhone is disabled from accessing the state owned cellular systems. Ludicrous. Myanmar has multiple private telcos. During the coup the military controlled internet access by the highly sophisticated means of cutting wires in data centers. It would take them days or weeks to individually block iPhones. > Any employees or executives in Myanmar risk arrest and, possibly, torture or death Some of those employees are US citizens. They all represent America's premier megacorporation. Killing them would not be a good move, especially as the US military finishes opening a spot on its "developing countries to demolish" list. > they must buy a new phone, possibly made by a state owned enterprise, that is much more invasive to their privacy. The junta can't make phones. Apple has no power in China but China and Myanmar are very, very different places. If they wanted to, they could exercise significant influence.