That felt somewhat desperate, like Apple didn't really know how to deal with this. I wonder what their endgame was? Did they hope that users would rise up and

That felt somewhat desperate, like Apple didn't really know how to deal with this. I wonder what their endgame was? Did they hope that users would rise up and defend apple against their government over dating apps? Did they think the government would blink first? (Why would it?) Was this an attempt to hinder similar laws in other jurisdictions? (If so, how?) Where they simply too stunned and inflexible to react quickly? It made no sense to me and I fear we will never learn?