I don't disagree with what you are saying. The T2 Chip is nice. And it worked fine with Carbon Copy Cloner/Super Duper. The simple thing is choice. A switch

I don't disagree with what you are saying. The T2 Chip is nice. And it worked fine with Carbon Copy Cloner/Super Duper. The simple thing is choice. A switch to turn it off. By making it locked down, it also does make it more insecure. Open Source and auditable code is better than private code that no one has an idea of whether it's compromised or not, and for how long. The recent iPhone zero days are an example.