If that was the case, Apple would have just offered end-to-end-encryption for iCloud, which they did not; turning off iCloud is also not a default configuration of the new lockdown mode, which it should be.

I think you should spend less time on conspiracy sites.

The world including Apple's product map doesn't revolve around Hunter Biden.

It just makes sense to lock down iMessage, for example, as a vector.

They're doing this for credibility? Yeah, in part, that's how companies work. But if it produces an improvement then what's the problem? Capitalism?

Also, what's with the aggression? Tone it down.