Here we go again, “AppleGoogle should stand up to the government!” This is a very naive view of how these companies work. They are so massive that they have to

Here we go again, “AppleGoogle should stand up to the government!” This is a very naive view of how these companies work. They are so massive that they have to figure out how to operate __lawfully__ under wildly different jurisdictions. When they operate in countries like Russia that have different values than the United States, people get upset and blame the company. What we should really be doing is blaming the governments and try holding them to account. The only other option, which is crazy, would be for these massive tech companies to acquire their own militaries so they can impose their values on the world. Imagine an iPhone 18 commercial that touts privacy. It would show a fleet of Apple aircraft carriers with Apple bombers and Apple special forces teams standing by to coerce a government official that wants to search your iPhone to stand down. It’s kind of a silly joke, but at some level that’s where we’re at.