There is no middle ground when it comes to privacy. Either the government can access your data or it cannot. Yes, the user theoretically has the option to not install the government apps, but just as you can skew poll results with subtle rewording of the questions being asked, you can likewise influence people's decisions by how you present this "choice". There is no effective difference between "Would you like to install these standard government-approved apps?" and "Would you like to allow the government to have access to all of your data?" But I'll bet a lot of people will say yes to the former while recoiling in horror from the latter.
There is no middle ground when it comes to privacy. Either the government can access your data or it cannot. Yes, the user theoretically has the option to not install the government apps, but just as you can skew poll results with subtle rewording of the questions being asked, you can likewise influence people's decisions by how you present this "choice". There is no effective difference between "Would you like to install these standard government-approved apps?" and "Would you like to allow the government to have access to all of your data?" But I'll bet a lot of people will say yes to the former while recoiling in horror from the latter.