That's one possible read. The other possible read is that Apple and Microsoft both agreed to let the CCP decrypt all user data, which makes them less trustworthy in my book. You really gonna believe they couldn't have a similar arrangement with the US TLAs after that?

> Looks like this was the real reason Facebook could not comply with China's data sovereignty laws and had to abandon the market.

How so?

> The fact Apple and Microsoft services both work in China shows they are a little more trustworthy.

Absolutely not. Companies apply different policies in different countries they operate in. This tells you nothing more than those companies came to a mutually beneficial agreement with the Chinese Communist Party.

Indeed. Even McDonalds has different menus, local workers, local employee standards, and even how their business signage looks, depending upon country/location.