Among other interpretations, I'm seeing this as a continuation/expansion of one of Apple's axioms: "No comment." Whatever steps they can take to facilitate not

Among other interpretations, I'm seeing this as a continuation/expansion of one of Apple's axioms: "No comment." Whatever steps they can take to facilitate not saying any more than they have to about anything is a self-imposed imperative. By expanding implementation of encryption they can avoid compulsion (legal or social) to get embroiled in users' activities and have no reason, even no way, to comment on dubious legal or moral activities of others. The data services involved exist, from Apple's perspective, solely to entrench users in the ecosystem and thus sell ever more hardware. Implementing robust encryption prevents entanglement in anything beyond that objective goal.