[ashman5]

I bet they realize the lifespan of this device is very short and are trying to maximize ROI short-term.

[lostapathy]

That was my thought as well - but on the flip side, by dealing in quantity they are a lot more likely to have one leak and be reverse engineered, and thus have Apple render them all useless.

It's certainly an interesting problem of profit maximization!

[SlowRobotAhead]

Unless the vulnerability is in the CPU/DMA/whatever and not easily patched. Everyone assumes that Apple has no idea what it is, maybe they are keenly aware and it’s just not fixable.

[djsumdog]

True. If Apple or a security firm get a hold of one of these devices, surely they'd be able to reverse engineer it and patch the vulnerabilities.