>Yeah so far I don’t think Apple has done anything equivalent in importance to the Enigma code breakers
That's probably because the Enigma code breaking has been mythologized. The war would have won without it (and it mostly was on the Eastern front anyway).
Yeah, while that was even less important in winning WWII (the Germans were done for, and the Japs were just grasping at straws, uterly defeated), it was hugely important for the cold-war period, and probably forever.
It’s easy to say that in retrospect but to anyone working on it I’m sure it felt more important for the outcome of the war than being able to put 1000 songs in your pocket or whatever.
That's probably because the Enigma code breaking has been mythologized. The war would have won without it (and it mostly was on the Eastern front anyway).