Apple Says It Will Exit The UK Market If Government Passes Update To Investigatory Powers Act

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Apple Says It Will Exit The UK Market If Government Passes Update To Investigatory Powers Act::Apple fought the law and -- contrary to the song lyrics -- it won. Years later, Apple decided it would get ahead of the law enforcement curve by attempting to engage in client-side scanning of iPhone users' content. That worked out less well for Apple, which (at least momentarily) decided making governments happy was more…

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You didn't read the article, and fell for the headline. It's a security law, removing iMessage is enough to leave the encrypted messages market. They're still gonna sell phones.

Yeah, it's a super coconut clickbait-y title. For anyone else, here's the relevant bit:

Because of that, Apple’s comment submission lets the UK government know that if it moves ahead with these changes, UK customers will no longer have access to FaceTime or iMessage.

Honestly I think protestors/political parties could point this out and get a tonne of support because so many Normie's would kick up more of a fuss over this than brexit. Sigh.