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What do nukes have to do with FAANG, a bunch of private companies, cancelling their products and services? I'm sure they can come up with something from the fine print in their T&Cs to justify that.

This is the only way that is not direct military action to hit them hard. So why not?

Well, with a crazy person who seemingly doesn't care anymore - I can see the "fuck it, it's my way or the highway" scenario playing out when he feels the gun put to his head.

Sorry, but bricking mobiles is not "the only way ... to hit them hard".

Cutting them off from international trade, refusing shipments of semiconductors and other "dual use" resources, refusing docking rights to load/unload to Russian flagged vessels, refusing travel visas, etc etc are all ways to impose pressure on Russia to cease it's war.

At some point the world needs to stop giving their lunch money to the bully and take a stand.

nukes for sanctions and no software? What are they gonna do? Nuke Apple HQ?

Nukes are unusable, no one wants to be a king of a desert. Turkey killed Russian soldiers and downed their planes. No nuclear response QED.