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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    121 year ago

    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.

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      41 year ago

      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.