It is extralegal though. The boot-rom will enforce these restrictions, and you don’t have to agree to the iOS TOS to buy an iDevice. Further, one may want to us

It is extralegal though. The boot-rom will enforce these restrictions, and you don’t have to agree to the iOS TOS to buy an iDevice. Further, one may want to use the device without iOS. Extralegal just means outside of the scope of law or a legal framework. Here apple using cryptography starting from the boot loader to effectively retain the right of exclusion regarding what code may or may not run on the ARM CPU. The sale of the tangible property should include the right of exclusion to the buyer short of a legal agreement at the time of sale allowing the seller to retain some rights. Thats why its extralegal there is no contract just apple using public key cryptography in rather hostile manner that diminishes the property rights of buyers. Here is a simple test if you have to ask 3rd party to do something with something you “own” you don’t fully own it or your rights are diminished in some manner.