You are severely underestimating the power of an entity like Apple. HN regularly spouts opinions that if US companies don't like the GDPR they should just stop doing business with the EU. That's a massive block of consumers and I highly doubt any company that likes its bottom line is going to take that approach.
But we're talking about one company here that simply should stop selling their crap to the highest bidder. I'm at some level ok with the Israeli's doing what they do, they're no different than any other nation state. But to allow this sort of entity to operate from your soil in a commercial manner, including selling those exploits on the open market where they will inevitably be used against the home country as well seems 'optional' to me and there is a lot of Israelis that like their smartphones.
Why would an entity the size of Apple risk their reputation and everything they stand for to avoid a run-in with a relatively tiny company in a relatively small part of the world that is causing an enormous amount of problems?
But we're talking about one company here that simply should stop selling their crap to the highest bidder. I'm at some level ok with the Israeli's doing what they do, they're no different than any other nation state. But to allow this sort of entity to operate from your soil in a commercial manner, including selling those exploits on the open market where they will inevitably be used against the home country as well seems 'optional' to me and there is a lot of Israelis that like their smartphones.
Why would an entity the size of Apple risk their reputation and everything they stand for to avoid a run-in with a relatively tiny company in a relatively small part of the world that is causing an enormous amount of problems?