Yup, and they know exactly they won’t be able to deliver this in 2024 - it’ll be years before the GSMA gets its act together and implements end to end encryption in the standard, and before that happens, Apple is very unlikely going to deploy this. But I’m sure antitrust agencies around the globe will drink the kool-aid.

Sure, it could also increase the risk of Apple losing some of their monopoly.

It’s the same for teenagers in many countries. That said: by the time they have to buy their own phones, that number is dramatically less.

Of course, they’ll procrastinate for as long as possible. But in the end, there’s no way they’ll win this one