Shareholders don&#x27;t care.  Shareholders are not people.  They are corporations and mutual&#x2F;hedge funds.  The closest thing to human would be the individual investor, but even they only ever act in their own financial interest.<p>Apple is working to protect its customer base and shareholders do very much care about customers.  Should the iPhone be opened up to law enforcement, customers will walk.  THAT gets the attention of shareholders more than any appeal to their non-existent humanity.