&gt; As a thought experiment: What would the repercussions be if Apple did pull iPhone sales out of the UK?<p>&gt; I&#x27;d guess that there would be huge complaints from the populace.<p>Probably. Most people seem to care more about the latest Apple status symbol than about privacy. They don&#x27;t seem to realize that the surveillance systems that are being put in place now, could for example be used against labor activists, who are simply fighting for decent wages and safe working conditions for ordinary people, in the future.