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Elizabeth Warren. And that's all you need to know.

AppleInsider said:

The app controls in order to streamline the experience of accessing streaming content via the app itself.

What does that sentence mean?

That's not the future. That's the past. Cloud storage companies always have language in their user agreements that allow scans for illegal content. Apple's terms have included that for many years. 

And that somehow makes it not a privacy nightmare? The right to privacy is enshrined in the California State Constitution. How do you propose Apple, a California Corporation, gets around that?

Lena Dunham. Wow. Apparently you can only 'cancel' certain types of people.

 Imagine if Apple geo-fenced people who created their Apple Account in Alaska so that if they traveled to Texas they wouldn't be able to see half of their music. The US would regulate them to stop that behavior (and rightly so). That is what this is about, it's just countries in the EU rather than states in the US.

That might be the most ridiculous comparison I've ever read. Comparing states within a single country to various countries within an economic union is an oversimplification of the nuanced national laws each country in the EU may have. In the US, interstate commerce is regulated by the Federal Government; there is one single framework. The States do not have the ability to regulate purchases made outside of their respective jurisdictions. While the EU may provide for a common currency, and the fabulous gifts Margrethe Vestager bestows upon business, each EU member still has their own laws and regulations to comply. There's a reason Apple has it's European headquarters in Ireland, an EU member: the laws are more favorable. The EU would rather you ignore that basic fact.