| The most famous advocate of civil disobedience in the US got executed as a result of his prominence. (In an ultimate irony, Tim Apple keeps a picture of him (MLK) on the wall in his office, alongside a picture of the guy who signed the order as Attorney General to have the FBI put him under 24/7 surveillance (RFK), which resulted in the FBI sending him (MLK) anonymous letters attempting to blackmail him into suicide.) Apple knows which way the wind blows. Even if they wanted to engage in the maximum amount of resistance that is feasible/practicable, that's not really very much, especially when an organization friendly to the US military has literally every single rich/connected person and the entirety of the executive, legislature, and judiciary under bulk surveillance at all times. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv... https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/7/20903613/apple-hiding-tai... https://www.npr.org/2019/10/10/768841864/after-china-objects... https://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/tim-cook-barack-obama... https://gigaom.com/2014/09/18/apples-warrant-canary-disappea... |