> that there was almost no reaction from the tech community that Apple had software running on every Mac that allowed them to remove any binary they wished. (Which sure sounds like a backdoor)

Because that’s a documented feature (malware protection).

As a user, I generally like it, and in this case I’m fully aligned with their classification of Zoom’s behavior as a nuisance. A lot of malware developers justify their behavior as “just doing what their users want/need”.