They are THE bad actors, they just play along apple marketing to create an illusion of security and privacy and apple lets them get the data they need.
Add it to the list of their plausible deniability claims where they claim they are legally required to and shift the blame and responsibility.
Never put it past yankistanis to put blame on someone else to feel smug about a country that has been shit since time immemorial.
USA was infinitely greedy, racist, narcissistic and pathetic, hiding behind a good PR before Putin was born or came into power. But keep thinking this is somehow a new phenomenon.
Seems unlikely, when US croaks, its vassal states follow, without question.
I hope it doesn't, but it only seems like it's going to get messy.