Isn't Option 3 (open up) basically the status quo? It's not called iCloud and iCloud does get some preferential treatment, but the APIs for 3rd party cloud stor

Isn't Option 3 (open up) basically the status quo? It's not called iCloud and iCloud does get some preferential treatment, but the APIs for 3rd party cloud storage and Files app integration already exist and are widely used. I just wonder why any government would ban E2EE in iCloud but permit the use of 3rd party E2EE apps. As soon as those 3rd party solutions gain any traction, the government can simply tell Apple to remove them from the App Store. At the end of the day all roads lead to the sideloading ban. That's what turns Apple into this convenient tool for authoritarian police states.