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Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’
(www.forbes.com)
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I think you misunderstood me
My comment was in response to your comments (bolded below) in this thread:
My point was not to say that Google is better than Apple here - in fact, unlike Apple (as far as I know), Google has actually built AI tools specifically tailored for Israel's genocidal business requirements.
My point is that if Apple wanted to boycott a country (which in the case of Israel they obviously don't, which job listings at their R&D centers are just one of many points of evidence of) it would actually make it difficult-to-impossible for any substantial part of the boycotted country's government to rely on using iPhones.
(Unlike Android derivatives which can easily be used without direct reliance on Google's services...)
As an aside, while I would not use iOS (due to it being proprietary), it is hard to dispute that (for most adversaries, at least) compromising it is generally much more expensive/difficult/unlikely than Android. So, given that Apple is very friendly to them, the IDF's policy decision to use iPhones makes sense.