When companies comply with laws HN doesn't agree with in China or Russia people are up in arms, however when it happens in the US with a company that is close t

When companies comply with laws HN doesn't agree with in China or Russia people are up in arms, however when it happens in the US with a company that is close to many users here we see "They have to comply with the law". Google continuously skirts GDPR and other data privacy laws, but when it comes to sharing private messaging information there is nothing they could have done? While I agree that they probably had to comply, coldly explaining away an act many see as immoral as "it's the law" isn't helping the conversation. Sure it's the law, but the US a history of immoral laws that have been repealed only after someone took a stand and broke them. edit: it's -> isn't