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> What is malicious compliance? Apple is either in compliance or it isn’t.

Because funnily enough, the comment itself is kind of malicious compliance.

It has the form of polite debate, but it also feigns to not understand the parent (bad faith is a pretty simple/obvious concept and I'm sure the author gets it), which ruins the discussion. So yes, it appears reasonable that it is flagged.

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From a point of argument, they're not wrong though, albeit an obvious point they're making that if loopholes exist, companies will definitely find them and take advantage, and still be in compliance because the pitfalls of said regulations weren't accounted for.

This leaves it up for debate in courts to settle those shortcomings, but it wouldn't be surprising if they found they were compliant and that the rules need adjustments.

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