[agjacobson]

1. Sell bug on the open market for whatever price the market will bear. Advantage: paid concomitant to your talents. 2. Wait n days. n could be zero. Don't have a theory for n. 3. Slip the bug to Apple anonymously.

[RoboTeddy]

I imagine that whoever paid you a ton of money might not be happy afterwards. I also imagine they're not the type of people you want to make unhappy.

[rubatuga]

Well, your payment could be part of a contract where they would only give you the money if Apple doesn't patch the bug in the next n days

[pluma]

Contracts only matter if they are enforceable by law. If a contract involves illegal activity, it is invalid.

[jsjohnst]

There are many kinds of contracts. The contract implied above could be "cross us and find you and your family disappear", not "we sue you in court".