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The leading narrative on /r/apple is now that "oh this invasive spyware has to exist so that apple can do E2EE iCloud", which is nonsense.
If they had done their job and deployed E2EE iCloud we wouldn't "need" this system in the first place.
It's a classic government pattern:
1. Create the problem (blocking E2EE such that providers have unencrypted copies of your content)
2. Screech and complain about this
3. Demand they do the thing you really wanted in the first place to solve the problem you created
The leading narrative on /r/apple is now that "oh this invasive spyware has to exist so that apple can do E2EE iCloud", which is nonsense.
If they had done their job and deployed E2EE iCloud we wouldn't "need" this system in the first place.
It's a classic government pattern:
1. Create the problem (blocking E2EE such that providers have unencrypted copies of your content)
2. Screech and complain about this
3. Demand they do the thing you really wanted in the first place to solve the problem you created