Comment by gnfargbl

The UK public would never accept this. There's basically almost no interest in E2EE at all, but the idea of not being able to take your iPhone to the Apple Store would be riot-inducing. And I think the average Brit would be more comfortable posting their phone to the US than to France.

If Apple really has the guts to stare this one down, then I would expect it's the government who blinks.