Comment by giorgioz

> Caro Robson said she believed it was "unprecedented" for a company "simply to withdraw a product rather than cooperate with a government".

She believes wrong. Google retreated from the Chinese market to not give in. Apple stayed in China and also banned VPNs on App Stores for Chinese customers. Kudos to Apple to not giving in to a backdoor in this case but some there companies took a even higher moral stand in some other situations, so there is precedent indeed.