alt Hacker NewsI totally agree, and it's basically theft that Apple simply doesn't have a standing offer to outbid anyone else for a security hole.
That said, we all get the same time on this earth. Spending your time helping various governments hurt or kill people fighting for democracy or similar is... a choice.
I don't think democracy is the panacea you seem to think it is, but that's another issue. Certainly, cracking software for governments and the police is no less legitimate an existence and occupation as, say, working for an NGO.