this is just a show of loyalty to the government to prevent any sort of monopoly action against Apple. The government actually loves monopolies because it makes monitoring citizens easier. The Feds would hate for Google, Facebook, or Apple to be broken up. Much better to have everybody using a small number of platforms with government backdoor access
Wouldn't be surprised if this was agreed to behind closed doors in exchange for other assurances from the government. The government passing laws forcing Apple to do this would be very bad PR, better for Apple to appear to do it voluntarily
> The government actually loves monopolies because it makes monitoring citizens easier.
You make it sound like the government is a single person with a plan. I don’t think people and departments in a government are very coherent and aligned, it’s a huge number of people with a zoo of mandates and everyone is fighting to be seen as somebody who makes things happen
Wouldn't be surprised if this was agreed to behind closed doors in exchange for other assurances from the government. The government passing laws forcing Apple to do this would be very bad PR, better for Apple to appear to do it voluntarily