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As Signal are doing here, they could have refused to do business (at least, with iCloud) in that country. That's a far bigger pushback than simply capitulating
by bodge5000 2y ago
As Signal are doing here, they could have refused to do business (at least, with iCloud) in that country. That's a far bigger pushback than simply capitulating to removing a relatively unknown feature.
To be clear, if they did this and the UK gov called their bluff, it'd affect me personally, but I'd rather that than swinging open the backdoors
- Schiendelman 2y agoYou believe that the Apple Board of Directors would allow their CEO to do that? Who do you think would make that decision?
- bodge5000 2y agoIf it's the board that makes that decision, it's the board that holds responsibility for it. Nobody said anything about a specific person at Apple doing anything, just Apple as a company. Would they? Of course not, but the question was what else could they do, and this is something they could (and if their fundamental motive wasn't purely profit above all else, perhaps should) do.
- Schiendelman 2y agoThe board can't make a decision like that. They would be ousted by activist shareholders. I'm trying to help people understand that there is no actor that can make these decisions they want them to.