I think the primary difference between why a dev mode switch would work for Sailfish but less so for Apple iOS is the size of the install base. It's so large t

I think the primary difference between why a dev mode switch would work for Sailfish but less so for Apple iOS is the size of the install base. It's so large that any tech article with "iPhone"+"hack"+images of "this iPhone is the ver same iPhone as the one in your pocket" is going straight to the top in terms of tech news click cycle. The fact that the "iPhone hack" only applies to users who have enabled "dev mode" will be buried at the bottom in the fine print. Presenting different graphics/hardware form factor and branding would ideally prevent the majority of honest tech sites from using the images of the standard iPhone and they would have to use headlines like "xPhone has been hacked" or leave it at "An Apple smartphone has been hacked" which would cue me that I could safely ignore it.