>the article states that Microsoft only gets 20 a year, and is responsive to 9 or fewer requests. Apple seems to get more and typically is more responsive.
That just makes me think that Windows is generally less secure and there are likely a larger number of instances where the AHJ doesn't have to request help from Microsoft to access the data.
Apple has a long history of automatically uploading (and/or "backing up") all documents and media of its customers to iCloud. Microsoft started doing that with OneDrive and OneDrive backups only recently. That + the work Apple put in locking down its phone from users and attackers alike, basically breaks down like this:
| Apple | Microsoft |
---------------+---------------+------------|
Users with | approximately | small but |
data in cloud | everyone | growing |
---------------+---------------+------------|
Access to | denied via | easily |
data on device | cryptography | available |
| by default | by default |
That just makes me think that Windows is generally less secure and there are likely a larger number of instances where the AHJ doesn't have to request help from Microsoft to access the data.