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by cognivore 3780 days ago
It's no longer a business issue, and if it is, then Apple is just posing.

Apple's positive affect on our economy, our technology, and even our nation, would make such a line that our government would have to think long and hard about pursing their demands.

Imagine if Apple, and the tech community as a whole, stood behind that decision. Of course they won't because they rather be rich than free.

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>Imagine if Apple, and the tech community as a whole, stood behind that decision.

You didn't counter his point. Again, its insane from a Game Theory perspective, it would require all players in the tech community to be effective, whereas if one person defects he now has access to a huge market where all the incumbents are gone.

Apple doing this would just mean "someone is going to create backdoor'd phones and capture the market, just not us", and we would get nowhere.

Yes, it would be awesome.

> they rather be rich than free

But don't most people want to be rich so that they can be free?