Kissing the boot would have been to build in a back door and provide the UK with secret access to every global Apple users data.

It’s ridiculous to expect them to exit the market and it is illegal for them to fight this in public.

This was them giving the middle finger to the UK. Saying, without saying it explicitly, that they will not give the UK unfettered access to global customer data.

Trump won the national popular vote by 1%

There was a 2% reduction in voter participation from 2020 to 2024.

So, yeah. Idiots staying home because there wasn’t a perfect candidate did impact the election in a significant way.

You staying home was a vote for Trump, and a whole lot of people are going to pay for your shitty behavior.