I understand your point and agree that the immediate-term solutions apple is employing are technological However, the environment in which Apple operates is de

I understand your point and agree that the immediate-term solutions apple is employing are technological However, the environment in which Apple operates is defined by anti-circumvention. Yes you can legally jailbreak your phone. You can't legally run an R&D program to circumvent part-pairing, or develop a business around aftermarket modification of phones to modify or replace the boot ROM or other components. There's a reason third-party aftermarket modification of vehicles used to be a much bigger market and it's not the technological feasibility of developing modifications. The same is true of consumer electronics