You have to consider how this would happen. If the government bans E2EE, Apple and Google will have to ban E2EE from their UK stores.
Apps like Signal will then have to make a choice. Either publish an app that does not use E2EE or get removed from the app stores. What Signal are saying is that they would accept the ban rather than publish an app with weakened encryption.
Apple users will not be able to make their own choice. Android users will be able to make their own choice thanks to side-loading.
Apps like Signal will then have to make a choice. Either publish an app that does not use E2EE or get removed from the app stores. What Signal are saying is that they would accept the ban rather than publish an app with weakened encryption.
Apple users will not be able to make their own choice. Android users will be able to make their own choice thanks to side-loading.