The government does break these laws to get what they want AND they silence the people that they force to break the laws.
Why are we pretending that anything has changed?
Why get mad at Apple if we have already conceded that they are powerless before the government in general?
I do believe we should be skeptical of these companies stated positions unless we can see a profit motive. The previous stance that Apple said they had was "we value your privacy and you should pay us for that".
They also demonstrated in the case in 2016 with terrorists and the FBI that they meant it.
In this case, they have flipped entirely, and are now adding features without being compelled that subvert that stated goal.
Apple will scan your phone/data without a warrant AND report to the government now. This is their public opinion now. Forget their compelled and forced actions. Now they are proud to be the bad guys.