On one hand, yes, I totally agree with Alex that the "The scale of abuse that happens to kids online and the impact on those families is unfathomable." Furtherm

On one hand, yes, I totally agree with Alex that the "The scale of abuse that happens to kids online and the impact on those families is unfathomable." Furthermore, sex trafficking is another horrible, enormous and related problem that seemingly getting little attention. Per Alex tweet, I am not "verbally rolling my eyes at the invocation of child safety as a reason for these changes." Instead, I simply do not believe that this is the reason for which Apple is introducing these capabilities. There is something to be said about reputation of a business: it's hard to gain and easy to lose. Large, near-monopoly platforms, such as Apple, have lost their reputation in my eyes and now I am always questioning their motives. I simply do not believe that the Apple will refuse, when under serious anti-trust pressures, to extend these capabilities to other areas, including political views as an example. Paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."