Just like governments, corporations are groups of individual people nominally organized around a common goal. If the government overreaches to a degree that will have a significant negative effect on corporations&#x27; bottom lines, as would Apple being forced to backdoor its software, we should absolutely expect corporations to step in on the side of their customers.<p>Of course corporations will be pragmatic about when they step in to &quot;protect the people&quot; as you put it. But let&#x27;s not kid ourselves about governments ever being fully (mostly, even) on the side of the people.