Yes, you are missing something. They wanted Apple to install a continuous backdoor. I sided with Apple on that point. That, and this wasn’t about decryption at all. The Internet has a way of letting people think they know what’s going on and that they know all about it. Fact is, this was never about decryption.
So what was the point? My issues was, and continues to be, the government wanting a private entity to change intellectual property to suit government needs. I’m not calling you out, maybe I don’t understand something..