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 scanni…

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…

    • Khanzarate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      38·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • boatswain@infosec.pubEnglish
        13·
        1 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.

        • RelentlessArts@feddit.ukEnglish
          4·
          1 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.

    • CookieJarObserverEnglish
      88·
      1 year ago

      Uk is as important, as a market currently, as Nigeria… UK is currently literally a bunch of clowns.