As neither an American nor a Chinese national, I think you should care because if Apple can do X with the Chinese government, Apple can do it with America too.

As neither an American nor a Chinese national, I think you should care because if Apple can do X with the Chinese government, Apple can do it with America too. I'm not saying it has. I'm not saying it will immediately begin doing so. But there's clearly a limit where they will, and all America has to do is push it to that limit. American governments and American intelligence agencies have shown repeatedly (via gag orders and secret courts) that they're not above making companies spy on their users (domestic and foreign) and forcing them to stay mum about it.