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On one hand, I commend Microsoft for doing this.

On the other, I wonder if they would if Apple hadn't already stood up to the government?

"The Microsoft case is believed to be the first time that an American company has fought against a domestic search warrant for data stored overseas."

Excellent point. I didn't check the date on that, and wasn't familiar with the background.

Does it matter? IMO if the companies get into a competitive war over privacy, that's a good thing for the consumer.

I fully agree here. I'm just wondering, if Apple hadn't done that, where would we be today?

Edward Snowden says, "Courage is contagious." I'm just wondering if this is an example of that, or if they would have done this regardless.

Yeah, demanding that they do it for the right reasons is probably asking for too much.