> remember the FBI attempting to compel Apple to decrypt a criminal's iPhone, only for Apple to refuse and claim that it wasn't possible

Apple refused “to write new software that would let the government bypass these devices' security and unlock” suspects’ phones [1].

> not sure exactly what happened after that

Cupertino got a lot of vitriol and limited support for its efforts.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_d...