Interesting - glancing through the 330-and-counting comments here, I see an enormous amount of harsh language about Apple, feelings of betrayal by Apple, promises to never buy another Apple product, etc.

But virtually zero mentions of the U.S. Congress, President, judges, political parties, etc. The folks who are presumably behind this new Apple feature. (Does anyone see a "Add Evil Feature...Profit" story here, that does not require massive government arm-twisting?)

IANAH (...Not A Historian), but I'll guess that if the well-educated citizens of a country do not believe that it is a real democracy - or feel that being politically active on issues that they care about is an unacceptable burden - then (at best) it very soon won't be.