Their argumentation is ridiculous. The litigation cost Apple money, and could have had devastating effects they are all too aware of if a precedent was set. Their argument is basically "Carpet bombing is good because in the process of wiping out civilians we managed to kill a terrorist". There's a myriad of other ways they could have "stimulated creative people"(for example, by bloody paying them to do it instead of paying lawyers). That is why I continue to think the FBI's litigation was malicious - out of a myriad of approaches, they decided to pick the one with the worst possible outcome for cryptographic security and tech companies like Apple.
