So make iPhones like Pixels. If I want to root the device, make it simple, make it factory wipe the device, and flip a bit that opts me out of software support.

So make iPhones like Pixels. If I want to root the device, make it simple, make it factory wipe the device, and flip a bit that opts me out of software support. (I know Google doesn't do this last one, but I'm not opposed, I know what I'm doing.) But no. I have to buy a $1200 mini-computer and then accept the arbitrary whims of Apple on what code I can run when.