Siyaqhubeka nempikiswano phakathi kukhuseleko lwesizwe kunye nemfihlo e-United States, umba phakathi kwe-FBI kunye ne-Apple ufikelela kwimida engalindelekanga. Kwelinye icala, sine-Samsung, eyenye yeenkampani ezimbalwa exhasa i-FBI kule meko, enyanisweni neMicrosoft, eyaqala yathanda i-FBI, ixhase ngokusemthethweni iApple. Namhlanje sifumene iindaba zokuba I-Twitter, i-Airbnb kunye ne-Square banikezele ngenkxaso yabo ngokusesikweni nakwigosa elithatyathiweyo ngu-Apple ngokuchasene nesikhalazo se-FBI ukubandakanya iingcango zangasemva kwizixhobo ze-iOS.
Namhlanje bali-16 abasele bejoyine inkxaso yeApple, nangona kulindeleke ukuba ngaphezulu kwama-40 bazakugqiba ukunika inkxaso yabo ngokusesikweni kubafana baseCupertino kwiintsuku ezizayo. I-ACLU sele ibhengeze izolo ukuba ayingomsebenzi ka-Apple, njengenkampani yabucala, ukwenza isoftware evumela ukuba "yaphule" izixhobo zayo:
URhulumente wenza iinzame zokunyanzela inkampani yabucala ukuba yenze isoftware engekhoyo ukuze yaphule ukhuseleko, imfihlo kunye neenkqubo zokukhusela idatha zabasebenzisi bayo. Embindini wawo, eli tyala alikho semthethweni. Inokubeka umzekelo oyingozi, kuthintelwe iinkqubo zomthetho ezimiselwe kwezi meko, kusetyenziswa iindlela zokufumana idatha kunye nobungqina obungacingelwanga ngabameli.
Uluhlu olupheleleyo lwangoku lweenkampani ezixhasa iApple zezi: I-Airbnb, iAtlassian, iAutoattic, iCloudFlare, i-eBay, iGitHub, iKickstarter, i-LinkedIn, iMapbox, iMedium, iMultup, iReddit, isikwere, iS squarespace, iTwilio, iTwitter kunye neWickr. Ukongeza i-AT & T, i-teleoperator enkulu yaseNyakatho Melika ibuye yazibeka namhlanje kwiNkundla ngokuxhasa i-Apple. Asazi ukuba izokuya kude kangakanani le nto okanye ukuba iApple izakugqibela ngokunikezela kuRhulumente wase-United States waseMelika, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo asithethi njalo.