Which is what a rational person ought to do.
Ignoring most of your argument is also what a rational person would do.
That has no been shot down in Spades, as counting this case, there are now THIRTEEN such "Any Writs Act" cases the Department of Justice has opened with exactly the SAME demand on Apple! Create software to unlock these iPhones and iPads because we want to see what's in them. Epstein is wrong. Dead wrong. This IS a precedent setting case.
You're slow or something. The court order is about this one phone. Yes, it sets a precedent that Apple will always be required to open up any other phone within their capability after receiving a court order.
This is how this legal issue should be resolved.
Every time Apple is given a court order to open a phone, so long as it is within their capability, Apple should be required to do it. Yes, it sets a precedent, and it should set a precedent, and thereafter Apple needs to shut up, stop stirring up the public, and just comply with the law.
Again, you start your arguments with ad hominem attack and insults.
Are you slow or something? What part of there are NOW TWELVE ADDITIONAL COURT ORDERS citing the 'All Writs Act' delivered to Apple at the behest of the the FBI and the Department of Justice, citing THAT FIRST Court Order as a precedent, do you fail to comprehend? Obviously you ARE SLOW. This case is NO LONGER about just this one iPhone, as Apple said it would not be.
One of your arguments has been "This is just this one iPhone, Apple should just go ahead and unlock it, it's easy."
This is not at this time within Apple's capability. The Court is ordering Apple TO MAKE IT WITHIN THEIR CAPABILITY. To any non-delusional person that is a big difference. The Court is ordering Apple to learn how to do it, to find out, to invent a way, and THEN do it, with the assumption that it can be done. The Court is forcing Apple to create something it does not want to create.
Apple was not the one "stirring up the public," it was the FBI and the Department of Justice. Apple requested this all be handled under SEAL. The FBI and the DOJ demanded it be done in the open, because THEY wanted this brouhaha, not Apple.