Above Avalon:

There have been a handful of events since 2011 that have served as key milestones in Cook’s tenure as CEO. The Apple Maps debacle, Apple Retail turmoil, Apple supply chain working conditions, environmental activism, and data privacy and security, have each played a role in laying the groundwork for Tim Cook’s legacy.

With Jony Ive focused on Apple’s product vision, Tim Cook has been playing to his strengths dedicating much of his attention to nurturing the Apple experience by focusing on six values: security and privacy, trust, equality and ethics, and environmentally responsibility.

It would actually be a shame if this issue was the “defining moment” of Cook’s legacy as Apple’s CEO. It means that our governments had failed us.