> If Apple sees a material difference in their sales, they might consider changing that policy. I think the problem is that it's too late; they expended the ef

> If Apple sees a material difference in their sales, they might consider changing that policy. I think the problem is that it's too late; they expended the effort to build the engine into iOS 15. As far as we know the FBI couldn't compel them to write code like this (see the case with the San Bernardino shooter), but it's easy to believe they could compel Apple to maintain this backdoor in the future.