I think it’s worse than that. As far as I remember Jphone, the company first heavily advertising camera phones, forced the shutter on its own to preemptively c

I think it’s worse than that. As far as I remember Jphone, the company first heavily advertising camera phones, forced the shutter on its own to preemptively clear itself from any potential issue. Every phone carrier from there had the choice to forgo the mandatory shutter sound but risk backlash if anything were to happen, as Jphone set a precedent. And they choose the safety move. When the iPhone came, it would have just been a marketing quagmire to go with a mutable sound.