Absolutely right. My comment was strictly about “for consumer use at planet scale.” It’s the aggressive adoption and rollout of confidential computing architecture in an easy to use consumer platform that I’m celebrating here. (Including a 12 figure financial commitment!) Prior to PCC, smartphones generally had to process data on device to ensure privacy.
as usual, Apple's implementation is exceptional, but far from the first. see https://confidentialcomputing.io/ and its long history