> But "the only way to prevent bad changes to this system down the road is for this first version of the system to never exist" is a very poor argument, given t

> But "the only way to prevent bad changes to this system down the road is for this first version of the system to never exist" is a very poor argument, given that the only "system" that needs to exist is the ability to push software updates, and that system existed long ago. Apple relied on that argument 5 years ago successfully.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI–Apple_encryption_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI–Apple_encryption_dispute