Safetyism, particularly with children, is the vehicle that is most often used to enable bad precedent-setting policies, because it can seem virtuous and morally

Safetyism, particularly with children, is the vehicle that is most often used to enable bad precedent-setting policies, because it can seem virtuous and morally acceptable in that single application. Here, Apple is using a "think of the children" argument to open the door on their intrusion into customers' private data and policing/moderation of the same. Google started doing this themselves recently (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23275308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23275308) and it is just as unacceptable here. I guess that's the end of me using or recommending Apple products.