You're thinking of Fiduciary Duty
For example, certain kinds of financial advisers have a fiduciary duty - that is, a duty to act in the best interests of their clients. But the ones with whom mere mortals interact are (quite predatory) salesmen.
In the same vein, I expect politicians do act in good faith towards their larger donors, but don't see themselves as owing anything to their constituents.
All the old consumer goods would fall apart because they're built to fail and non-repairable, so you'd need to buy new ones anyways.
Take that, Communists!
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Without prejudice for or against the research in question (most may be worthy, but some could be spurious), this is 100% in keeping with his promises to the American people.
Everyone is shocked you're get exactly what it says on the tin.
My recollection was erroneous, as I can't (easily) find evidence of them rolling over. But the devices in question still got unlocked, so in the end it didn't matter whether Apple (openly or surreptitiously) cooperated.
It's a good thing Musk wasn't elected.
Troubling precedent, but I expect no one used this anyways. Anybody who needs this would be smart enough to know not to trust so proprietary a device and service.
Given how ~~readily Apple has rolled over for law enforcement in the past~~ loudly Apple has opposed working with law enforcement in the past, only for devices to be magically unlocked anyways, this is (probably) just security theater.
For much (most?) of our history federal income came exclusively from tariffs, and the President is very fond of evoking that era. It would not be unprecedented for it to happen again.
Can't argue with the moderation given the slant of this community (I landed here from "All"), but I continue to maintain I've been posting in good faith.
Have a blessed day.