Hopefully the Illegitimacy of the current Australian government and the Ministers driving this change will be exposed before passes, but it will come down to the wire.
If Apple want to be effective on this they need to in the face of the cross-bench and educate them how dangerous such a move will be.
But if they don’t get the message across effectively or some of the cross bench are just a bit too thick to get it........ A decision will need to be made. I for one hope that Apple chooses to take the no lose opertunity to send a message to all governments around the world. If faced with this position again here is what we will do, “As a result of the laws passed by the Australian Government recently and the penalties that can be applied to us as a company and to our customers as individuals means, till further notice the only function that will work on all iPhones & iPads is the keypad dialing and the biometric’s of the devices until the said laws are retracted.”
The response from the public will be swift and harsh and not towards Apple. This government is already badly on the nose and a move like this would be received just the way the Tech companies would want it to be, and with an election just around the corner it might help to solve a few othe things as well.
Agree Apple would do well to take it to the public realm. These guys claim they are market liberals yet ignore the market when it doesn't support them.
Still Even just closing the stores for a day full staffed with sign on the door "please use government required backdoor" could be funny and effective.
They arent market liberals. Or even liberals in the Menzies or Howard sense. They are really labor lite. They raise taxes, run deficits, make stupid defence purchases, expand the role of the state, and play stupid political games against each other. Come next election, we will stop putting up with labor lite and get the real thing good and hard.
i expect the ALP will support this Bill. The only one against it and understand why he is against it will be that leyenholm libertarian chap in the senate.
Hopefully the Illegitimacy of the current Australian government and the Ministers driving this change will be exposed before passes, but it will come down to the wire.
If Apple want to be effective on this they need to in the face of the cross-bench and educate them how dangerous such a move will be.
But if they don’t get the message across effectively or some of the cross bench are just a bit too thick to get it........ A decision will need to be made. I for one hope that Apple chooses to take the no lose opertunity to send a message to all governments around the world. If faced with this position again here is what we will do, “As a result of the laws passed by the Australian Government recently and the penalties that can be applied to us as a company and to our customers as individuals means, till further notice the only function that will work on all iPhones & iPads is the keypad dialing and the biometric’s of the devices until the said laws are retracted.”
The response from the public will be swift and harsh and not towards Apple. This government is already badly on the nose and a move like this would be received just the way the Tech companies would want it to be, and with an election just around the corner it might help to solve a few othe things as well.
Agree Apple would do well to take it to the public realm. These guys claim they are market liberals yet ignore the market when it doesn't support them.
Still Even just closing the stores for a day full staffed with sign on the door "please use government required backdoor" could be funny and effective.
Closing the stores for a day or a week would be funny but not effective as there is no political pain for the politicians. Therefore it wouldn’t be a very effective way to change.
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i expect the ALP will support this Bill. The only one against it and understand why he is against it will be that leyenholm libertarian chap in the senate.