I believe they are right to refuse the governments offer because if they give in not only will the government be trumped with other encrypted messaging software, apples stock will fall dramatically, and I will not be able to afford college because the stocks are where my college money is.
The amount of time and resources spent on this "Campaign" could have been pooled into finding a hacker smart enough to do it without Apple's approval.
Such a waste of time and resources . . . Which is as usual for the Government.