[snowe2010]

If aws decided to block your access to their ecosystem you would lose so so so much more than Apple blocking your access to theirs. If the US decided what you said, t1 networks would restrict your access across much of the planet.

Your logic makes no sense since you can easily switch to Google or whatever other smartphone providers there are (China has a bunch).

But of course those providers can also cut you off, so what I said still applies.

[ang_cire]

First off, AWS cutting off your AWS account does not block you from visiting other websites that use AWS, it just means you can't use AWS itself as a customer. Apple's ecosystem OTOH means that OP's issue with iCloud disabled their account globally across all Apple services, not just within iCloud itself (and in fact, to further illustrate the difference, losing access to your AWS console account doesn't cut off your account for Amazon.com shopping).

> Your logic makes no sense since you can easily switch to Google or whatever other smartphone providers there are (China has a bunch).

The person above was asking about why they *as a developer* would want to risk their time and effort developing for iOS. Any work developing for iOS in e.g. switft or objective-c, is not portable for other platforms like Android. If they lose their Apple account, any time they spent developing for iOS-specific frameworks is totally wasted, is their point.

> If the US decided what you said, t1 networks would restrict your access across much of the planet.

No offense, but you have no clue what you're talking about. There are in fact court orders where internet access is restricted as part of criminal sentencing. Here's a quick example guide [1]. No part of that involves network providers cutting you off.

[1] https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/probation-and-...

How on earth do you imagine a "t1 network" provider would determine that a person using their network from the UK is actually a person from the US with a court order against using their network? And to be clear, the court orders don't compel ISPs to restrict access, or attempt to enforce blocks like you are suggesting.