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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by sethammons on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:51PM (#28163335)
More access to markets subject to totalitarian regimes
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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by azinman2 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @07:57PM (#28163404)
I'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/

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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by stjohnswarts on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:34PM (#28163760)
China is obviously the big one as is Russia.
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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by azinman2 on Friday August 13, 2021 @02:21AM (#28166038)
But they’re already in both countries.
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Re:Apple's child protection features spark concern within it... by thombee on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:29AM (#28167353)
Why 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
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