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> Apple is engaging in this activity of their own free will for sake of their own commercial gain What's the commercial gain?
by azinman2 5y ago
> Apple is engaging in this activity of their own free will for sake of their own commercial gain
What's the commercial gain?
- slg 5y agoThis will likely be paired with the rollout of full encryption for iCloud and they will sell the entire thing as a pro-privacy move.
- ninkendo 5y agoThat would appear to have backfired.
- sethammons 5y agoMore access to markets subject to totalitarian regimes
- azinman2 5y agoI'm assuming you're kidding here, but if you look at the list of countries already selling/supporting iPhones, what's not on the US export ban list that's a totalitarian regime? https://www.apple.com/iphone/cellular/ https://www.apple.com/iphone/cellular/
- stjohnswarts 5y agoChina is obviously the big one as is Russia.
- azinman2 5y agoBut they’re already in both countries.
- thombee 5y agoWhy can't they provide this feature to these regimes? Why do they implement it in the USA then? Seems like a roundabout way to go about it lol
- nullc 5y agoNot being identified as the go-to platform for kiddy porn collectors.
- dannyw 5y agoThe commercial gain can be "don't break us up under antitrust law". Apple is basically saying to governments: see our walled garden? The more you allow us to wall it, the more we can help you oppress your citizens.