My point is that, Short of an actual physical key, by giving the user the key, they give everyone the key to do this to any iPhone in their possession, regardless of ownership. Any regulatory change shouldn't nullify Find My iPhone protections to the point that theft of iPhones becomes lucrative again.
Zero of which will be bought by me.
>Apple adds these arbitrary digital locks since they protect against the threat model of physical access
Apple can add as many arbitrary digital locks as they want. The problem is that they keep the key instead of giving it to the user.