“So Apple *IS* a bunch of cowards who will bow to government Fascism, so long as it isn’t our government wanting to see terrorist data.
Apple is helping the British Fascists suppress free speech and helping them to spy on their citizens.”
I think you are misreading the situation. The UK is demanding a backdoor so they can decrypt user’s encrypted, private data. Apple fought that, lost, and instead of providing the backdoor is just killing the whole service.
This is the best they can do in a bad situation. It tells people in the UK their data is not private. There is no illusion about it. It allows people to make an informed choice about their data.
They didn't offer that deal to our government. They simply said "No! We will not allow you to see anyone's data, even with a warrant from a court."
Apparently they are more willing to stand up to our government than they are the British government.