I suspect Australians will probably want their government to follow Apple's advice. Their government is so incompetent, it lets private companies absolutely fuck over aussies and give them the full monkey's paw treatment, and government doesn't fix it.

Example: The 3G switch-off.

What was intended: As telcos switched off 3G, the government wanted to be sure this wouldn't affect people calling the 000 emergency number (equivalent of US 911)

How the government wrote it: they told telcos to block all phones that might fail to make a 4G/VoLTE emergency call

What happened next: telcos blocked millions of people. Even if you owned, e.g. a Sony Xperia which has no problem making 4G/VoLTE emergency calls... if you didn't buy it from Optus, then Optus can't guarantee compatibility, so they block you. Come back when you've bought the same phone from Optus! And if you want to take your Optus-approved phone to Telstra... oops! You have Optus's Xperia, not Telstra's Xperia, so they can't guarantee it'll work in an emergency, better block you to be safe, come back when you buy the phone from them as well.

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/a...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-03/brand-new-phones-unab...

Apple would love to run rings around such an incompetent government, and somehow get an even tighter monopoly than it already has.