[kaiju0]

If I was Apple or Google I would tell the country they are not in compliance with our operating policies and access to service is being rescinded until legal alignment can be restored.

Let that be a message to any country that tries to mess with the money. The country will riot to get their phones working again.

[alichapman]

I can't imagine that sovereign nations like being blackmailed by tech companies, so whilst in the short term this could work it seems like the exact move that would cause the country to go the other way and outright ban Google and Apple products.