Apple has its business spread out in various countries, while some of them can be close to what you can call an elected democratic representation; there are others countries which have elections and also others with totalitarian regimes that are outright. No matter what the market may be, Apple manages to sell its products in any market.
Some of the features that the company builds pertaining to the security front is not for those users who live in countries that purport to have or have the various rules, checks and balances of law or have the provision which gives the authority to courts to intervene just in case any executive or police goes beyond what they are actually supposed to do. Due to this, it can lead in company implementing features that are mandatory worldwide instead of many things and option.
In the case if a particular feature is an option, then Apple can be instructed by the government to ensure that the for the citizens of the country, that particular feature is disabled, however in the case if it is global and mandatory, the argument can be put forth by the company stating that the particular feature in question is a fundamental feature pertaining to the security of the citizens and help protect against criminal intrusion or theft. You could take into consideration the continuous use of Touch ID’s that was uncovered, there was no intention of the company to let this addition be a secret however due to the fact that there was no change. The details can be read online itself however the gist in this front is that there is a countdown on this front that is of 48 hours between the uses of the Touch ID before the user is asked to provide the passcode. A separate timer is added in the new change.
