Right, which is why there's no bite behind their remarks about resisting government imposition. They could have implemented E2EE and fought the government about

Right, which is why there's no bite behind their remarks about resisting government imposition. They could have implemented E2EE and fought the government about it openly, but they didn't. Now, I really doubt the only reason they didn't implement E2EE was because of government pressure because making E2EE an invisible feature (which Apple loves to do) is a difficult task. I will however plainly state that the option of creating spyware to scan images on your phone with E2EE on the cloud or neither of these features being able to exist is a false dichotomy that is being pushed as a narrative by a lot of people.