Because it's a contract between you and apple. You don't have to use their phones and they're a corp not the government. Personally I see it as an underhanded a

Because it's a contract between you and apple. You don't have to use their phones and they're a corp not the government. Personally I see it as an underhanded attempt for the government to use apple as a police force in everything but actually deputizing them. They're using a loop hole in the 4th amendment to spy on you without a warrant.