You can certainly argue that more control makes iPhones safer, since its harder to get malicious software on the phone. But Apple is also abusing their control for their own gain.

You could also argue that locking you in a room would be safer than letting you walk freely out in the world. But I don’t we want that either.

They are well aware of how we feel about them. They just don’t care.

Everything the American government does at the moment is with full intent. its calculated and the sooner we stop thinking of them as stupid and incompetent the better.