> There is no trust me bro element. > Barring some issue being found in the math or Apple’s implementation of it

Yes, is you bar the "trust me bro" element in your definition, you'll by definition have no such element.

Reality, though, doesn't care about your definition, so in reality this is exactly the "trust me bro" element that exists

> But we’re already living in a world where all our data is up there, not in our hands.

If that's your real view, then why do you care about all this fancy encryption at all? It doesn't help if everything is already lost