Your Cook quote is DH3 on the disagreement hierarchy.[1] I agree with it, but it doesn&#x27;t engage with any arguments for or against the court order.<p>&gt; Bill Gates still owns some 13 billions in Microsoft stocks.<p>Do you really think Gates would dissemble, throw privacy under a bus, and draw the ire of his peers... just for a potential bump in net worth? I think it&#x27;s far more likely that he believes what he says he believes.<p>As much as the HN crowd likes to side with Apple on this matter, reasonable people can disagree about what&#x27;s best. I hope Gates&#x27;s position causes people to reflect on <i>why</i> they have the opinion they do. Gates doesn&#x27;t have some shady ulterior motive. He&#x27;s simply stating his opinion on the matter, and using some hastily-conceived analogies to explain it to the general public. That&#x27;s all.<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;paulgraham.com&#x2F;disagree.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;paulgraham.com&#x2F;disagree.html</a>