> What is Apple trying to gain by publishing this article?

John Gruber's take:

> Reading between the lines here, what Apple is pushing back on is the fact that Google’s report on this attack against the Uyghur [1] community only mentioned iOS. Coverage of Google’s report created the impression that only iOS users were hacked, when in fact, the Chinese government also exploited Windows and Android users, [2] and that these exploits may have been targeting people everywhere.

* https://daringfireball.net/linked/2019/09/06/apple-pushes-ba...

Though he does also comment:

> Conspicuously unmentioned in Apple’s response: “China”.