[commandersaki]

I think it's just reacting to the market; with MIE the cost of full chains probably go up significantly, and individual chains are worth less than what it would be when included in a full chain.

Individual chains of course are still eligible for rewards:

> Individual chain components or multiple components that cannot be linked together will remain eligible for rewards, though these are proportionally smaller to match their relative impact.

Edit:

I think those that build a full chain and attempt to sell to the regular posse would rather just take the bug bounty from Apple. There's little information about the 0day market for chains but from what I've seen it is you need to provide long term support and hoard alternative methods when different parts get discovered or break down. With MIE and other mitigations and vigilant scanning of devices, there's more chance exploits and techniques are discovered, patched, and you as VR/ED will only get a small fraction of the contract (like say $8m over a couple of years). (Someone from the 0day industry feel free to correct me.)