Apple’s CEO gave a speech at a gathering of the International Association of Privacy Professionals <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/tim-cook-delivers-speech-railing-against-data-industrial-complex-sideloading/>, where he claimed that Apple has “a commitment to protecting people from a data industrial complex built on a foundation of surveillance”. He particularly hates regulatory proposals to force Apple and other platform owners to allow sideloading of apps, claiming That means data-hungry companies would be able to avoid our privacy rules, and once again track our users against their will. In other words, we should trust companies like his to keep their word, and not fall back on Big Bad Government Regulation. If it weren’t for Governments, the world would end up run by corporations. Which would you prefer?