They're willing to kill the platform over this? What's going over there on the west coast?
The platform is not in danger. But if it were, then yes, I think they'd still risk it. It's either that or getting shut out of markets gradually by law enforcement and governments.
How come that's not happening to desktop Linux then?
Personally I do think it's likely we'll see a successful anti-Linux smear campaign and/or laws in the next few years, but I have to admit that's a pretty pessimistic take.