Apple is in it for Apple. As a corporation, they have no intrinsic morals at all, and privacy is nothing but a marketing term to them. They don't want to lose

Apple is in it for Apple. As a corporation, they have no intrinsic morals at all, and privacy is nothing but a marketing term to them. They don't want to lose China and $$, and they couldn't use and profit from people's data if iCloud backups were encrypted. Companies are not your friends.