America: "I see you economy is not doing well, you just halved your growth forecast to 1%, let's see what a 25% tariff does for fucking with OUR websites and companies.."
America still dominates most of the Internet so this'll put them in direct confrontation with them, but I'll laugh if the UK ALSO has a confrontation with China too thanks to TikTok.
The UK government wanted Apple to make a backdoor into one of their encrypted services so they could snoop on anyone, including none British.
Apple instead pulled the service for the UK ALONE basically showing they'd rather tell the entire UK they can't use their product than allow the UK government to spy inside their systems.
America: "I see you economy is not doing well, you just halved your growth forecast to 1%, let's see what a 25% tariff does for fucking with OUR websites and companies.."
America still dominates most of the Internet so this'll put them in direct confrontation with them, but I'll laugh if the UK ALSO has a confrontation with China too thanks to TikTok.
At some point every country will have to ask what, exactly, does the UK offer other than fiat funny money.
Africa/ME - "it offers us a dumping ground for our excess poor young men."
And thanks to Apple of all people, there's precedent for withdrawing service than allow the UK government access or control of their systems.
I can guarantee, if Microsoft makes moves, this'll be dropped in seconds due to backlash.
Given HOW MUCH governments use the office software..
Come again?
The UK government wanted Apple to make a backdoor into one of their encrypted services so they could snoop on anyone, including none British.
Apple instead pulled the service for the UK ALONE basically showing they'd rather tell the entire UK they can't use their product than allow the UK government to spy inside their systems.