Why Apple’s stance against government matters

From Hot Air:

Here’s something those on the Right are forgetting: this is the same government which had no problem with the IRS auditing Tea Party groups and their donors, and tried to prosecute a reporter in a leak investigation. It’s also the same government which had the DHS focus on “right-wing sovereign citizens,” considers terrorism “damage to Government property” (without giving a specific definition of what “damage” means), and doesn’t care about actual facts when it comes to putting people on terrorist watch lists. It seems odd to me that those complaining about the IRS and tyranny of the current administration are perfectly fine with the fact the FBI is trying to get a backdoor created to get into “just one phone.” If the IRS/NSA/DHS aren’t to be trusted, why in the world would you trust the FBI? The government seeks power over its citizens, and this is just another way for them to get it (even if it’s through proper channels).

Think about it this way: if Apple caves on the government’s demand to provide a backdoor for “just one phone,” what’s stopping the government from coming to Apple again and say, “Just give us the backdoor permanently and we won’t bug you again”? What’s to stop them from going to Samsung or HTC or every other phone maker out there and demanding this same thing? That’s freaking scary. This isn’t blurring the line between freedom and tyranny, it’s erasing it completely. This is why no conservative or libertarian leaning person should support what the government is pushing Apple to do.

It's a big deal because what's to prevent any Regime from abusing people's privacy?