Makes sense. You’re asking them to make things more secure, which requires logs to know what’s going on. Additionally you’re paying for a security service instead of upgrading to another version to get free updates.

The don’t want to send a case to the Supreme Court that would rule on the side of homemade firearms.

Pretty sure it was made a federal crime. Also, there’s a little website, called X.com run by the world’s first (former) trillionaire that the government could shut down if they wanted to enforce the law. (It’s the most mainstream site violating the law.)