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I honestly doubt literally anyone in the government cares about Apple marketing

“The government” is big. Lots of people, caring about lots of things. Did you want to be less absolute in your claim?

The iPhone 12 is a three year old device. I'm not sure what parade they'd be raining on.

Also there’s a good chance Apple had some wiggle room in deciding the date that the iPhone 12 was pulled from the shelves. From apple’s perspective today sounds like a great day to pull the 12 because people would just assume it’s not available any more now that the 15 is out.

> From apple’s perspective today sounds like a great day to pull the 12 because people would just assume it’s not available any more now that the 15 is out.

It's even better because it's not available anymore exactly because of that reason :). You cannot get it in any (online) Apple Store, be it French or not.

ANFR is not the government. It’s a public agency not directly controlled by the government.

Nobody in the government cares about the iPhone 12. And concerning the current government, I’m pretty sure they are all owning iPhones, they all would love a selfie with Tim Cook and don’t even know what DAS is.

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