Re:Apple says it'll remove iMessage and FaceTime in UK rathe...
by MichaelZuo on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:47PM
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Huh? Isn't this story about the possibility of the UK government legally requiring Apple to do something?
Let's not pretend this is a privacy-motivated decision. Where Apple doesn't have negotiating power (eg. China) they have been forced to compromise user safety and privacy[0]. We live in a post XKeyscore world, pretending like this doesn't also happen in America or the UK is a bedtime story for helpless capitalists.
[0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208351