What part of Apple does not have possession of the encryption key to unlock the devices do you fail to grasp?
Secondly, that train long ago left the station long ago, as there are hundreds of software apps in the Wild that can encrypt data which cannot be unlocked without the key held only by the owner of the data. We are talking Encryption which can take literally more time than there is left before the universe dies of heat death to try every possible key using brute force attempts, which is the only means available to unlock them without the proper mathematical key!
The next fact is that an encryption with any kind of backdoor is, by definition, not secure. History teaches us that every single time a backdoor has been provided into an encryption system, IT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY THE BAD GUYS. Every time. No exceptions. These are the same encryption techniques used to protect banking transactions. . . Do you want backdoor access on those?
Apple included this level of security because our government REQUESTED they do so for government and commercial use, to prevent our government and commercial secrets from being stolen. Now they’re complaining?
Just an FYI.
Government is uses Apple iPhones for confidential conversations BECAUSE they are secure. NASA actually uses Apple Pro laptops for their work because of the security.
BlackBerry had backdoors installed, and those keys were lost to the public domain. Now one can sit and ponder how the US Government lost all the data on everyone who applied for a classified clearance, or how everyone in the Federal Employees pool had their personal information stolen, all the bad guys had to do was use the Blackberry back doors.