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> Americans would find it intrusive if Apple was strong enough to tell the US govt to back off.

Are you sure? I remember people backing Apple when they were protecting users phones from FBI hacking.

That was the marketing, not reality.

The reality was their phone did get "hacked" and Apple participated in PRISM.

I don't think Apple has the strength to tell the US government to back off, and I don't think Americans think so either. When Apple goes through the American legal system, that's the power of the American judiciary.

But Belarus?

Americans have the right to tell the government to back off when the government breaks the law. We shouldn't hold everyone to the same low standard as Belarus.

Apple has tried in the past, of course. I believe the policy they say they take is “we respect the law in the country we operate in”. It’s not clear if this was something that the law mandated; if it wasn’t to be morally consistent they should have pushed back like they have in the US.