Apple is a legal entity not a moral one. It may have moral employees, but at best Apple itself is amoral. It will do what the law allows (or compels) it to do.
This feature absolutely will be used for human rights abuse by countries like China, just like they have asked Apple to abuse their platform in the past. Why? Because those abuses are legal there, and capitulation will be the only way those governments will allow them continue to sell in their lucrative marketplace.
This feature absolutely will be used for human rights abuse by countries like China, just like they have asked Apple to abuse their platform in the past. Why? Because those abuses are legal there, and capitulation will be the only way those governments will allow them continue to sell in their lucrative marketplace.