alt Hacker NewsAnd in fact, Apple in 2016 went to court rather than comply with the government's order to put a backdoor in the iPhone, and they argued their case in part on free speech grounds.
Whether other companies do the same depends on what they consider the most profitable path, including legal fees and risk.
Don’t read too much into the Apple case. There was no precedent set by that. The FBI withdrew their demands after they found a different mechanism to obtain what they needed.