&gt; Is the loss of, say, 50 billion dollars in revenue over the next calendar year something a reasonable person would call &quot;undue burden?&quot;<p>I wonder the same.  In another comment in this thread I mention that it&#x27;s not just undue burden here that is expected under AWA according to USA vs. New York Telephone, it is also expected that the FBI pay for any work they ask Apple to do.<p>Yahoo was forced to deal with many requests from the NSA in 2008, only those dealings were unknown to the public until recently. [1]  The last 8 years have not treated Yahoo too well..<p>It seems when you fight the government on privacy, you lose.  It&#x27;s better if you roll over and wag your tail like Microsoft<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2014&#x2F;sep&#x2F;11&#x2F;yahoo-nsa-lawsuit-documents-fine-user-data-refusal" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2014&#x2F;sep&#x2F;11&#x2F;yahoo-nsa-lawsu...</a>