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>Remember that (as the Twitter thread reminds us) the entire CSAM scanning effort is voluntary. The government is not forcing Apple to scan for CSAM, so how would they force Apple to scan for anything else?

Which is the point that you seem to largely be ignoring. Apple has its own motivations here and it isn't purely a question of what the government is forcing them to do. Apple knows that once encryption is broken, it is broken for everything. This new proposal is much more targeted and gives Apple control while also preserving their ability to say no on technical grounds for further privacy invasions. That is why they would prefer it over the previous government proposal.