Those are trivial things that any software team should be able to handle. How many security bugs are we talking about? Is iOS riddled with tends of thousands of

Those are trivial things that any software team should be able to handle. How many security bugs are we talking about? Is iOS riddled with tends of thousands of bugs per-release-brach? No, it isn't. In any case, I'm not sure why anyone should care about saving money for Apple. As a consumer I should look for the best deal for me, not ways to funnel more money into their pockets. They are very capable of taking care of that themselves.