What apple wants or doesnt want to do is completely irrelevant. The fact that they have the ability to remotely modify your device is a disqualifying factor for any rational person thinking about risk of life level privacy.

Also they can be legally forced to put backdoors into their software while, under the threat of state violence, being prohibited from telling the public about it. Thats how the US legal system works.

They can also be forced to put on a theater to make it look like they are not giving the feds access btw.