The one thing that occurred to me is that this is almost seems like this is a cya, Section 230 protection in disguise. There has been more discussions about Big

The one thing that occurred to me is that this is almost seems like this is a cya, Section 230 protection in disguise. There has been more discussions about Big Tech and 230, and this is one way to say "Look, we are compliant on our platform. Don't remove our protections or break us up, we are your friend!" It also shouldn't be too surprising given how Apple has behaved in China. They will only push back against the government up until the point it starts to affect profits. I'm also curious and I don't mean this in a judging way, but are all the people who are planning to sell their iDevices also going to divest all their retirement holdings from Apple? Stock price is the thing that actually applies pressure. Everyone's comp is based on it. What would happen if enough people divested from these rent-seeking companies? We can't expect the government (though they should) or companies to behave in a way that is pro-consumer, but if we can align incentives we have a chance.