Comment by jeroenhd
20 hours ago
While Google has rejected China's terms and moved out of the mainland, China has set up a separate iMessage/iCloud system that complies with the wants and needs of the CCP.
They have also abided by the UK's demand to disable E2EE.
Apple's resolve is quickly overcome by any threat to their revenue. They're one law away from handing over all of your data to the feds.
apple just can’t pull out of america so you’re likely right. a law mandating a backdoor in america would be the end