Doesn't Apple simply happen to be both the chat provider and backup provider, so Apple-A does the E2E encryption and Apple-B sees your backup because you sort o

Doesn't Apple simply happen to be both the chat provider and backup provider, so Apple-A does the E2E encryption and Apple-B sees your backup because you sort of want that? And people worrying about the other end of the chat... come on, you talked to them in the first place. They can forward anything, even if it's via Signal. The entire story is just hilarious and memeable. Users want backup; Apple open up the gate. Users want E2E; Apple shut up the gate. Users want iCloud recovery; Apple partially open the gate.