My guess is more that the DoJ has agreed with their collaborators to help repair their tarnished public images. Shouting loudly about not being able to unlock

My guess is more that the DoJ has agreed with their collaborators to help repair their tarnished public images. Shouting loudly about not being able to unlock a phone and get its content is pretty meaningless when they still have total access to everything that ever transits the network to/from that phone. But it will make some people think "good, these companies are finally standing up for us" which reduces the chances that people will look into products and services that offer end-to-end encryption or from companies that aren't as enthusiastically cooperative.