> Security has no finish line, unfortunately.

Unfortunately? Unfortunately!

I beg your pardon. Apple's service revenue is very fortunate for the neverending excuse of security. Want third-party payment processors? It's not that it would upset our revenue stream, it's just too insecure. You want to sideload with the flick of a switch? It's not like we already offer that feature to other users of our products and paying developers, it's not secure enough to attempt. Want an open bootloader for your iPhone like those Apple Silicon Macs? It's not that Apple can't do it, it's just that they claim it's not secure enough.

The real kicker? None of us have a privileged enough view of the ecosystem to even know if Apple is right or not. The fact that security has no finish line should be carefully construed as not to excuse companies that move the goalposts of security for petty means. Apple is grateful that customers will accept "security" as a carte-blanche answer to completely unrelated topics.