I am not so presumptous as to know what is customary for large companies like Apple to base their sales on, but I doubt they sell so many products by instilling fear.
I have been a proponent of security long before Apple. There are degrees of risk in everything we do. I distinctly remember the large amount of concern many people/posts/articles had regarding the finger print security issue. In fact people were trying to hack and defeat the system with even prizes being awarded. So in my opinion, the security issue is neither false, nor overblown.
By by no means am I an Apple faithful. Nor am I programmed by Apple. I don't think you are a fool, nor would I be as derogatory as to say so simply because we hold differing options on this subject. If anything, I would note your zeal and passion, which seemingly hold an agenda, in my opinion.
As to secrecy and closed ecosystems, my opinion is that given the amount of thievery and copying rampant in the electronics industry keeping things closed as much as possible is not entirely an invalid option for a company to take. Which of course begs the question why all other companies don't openly publish their software, designs, and R&D efforts to competitors. After all these other companies are all populated by at least some intelligent free thinkers. Which by your logic makes disclosure just fine.
I do agree that the statement made by Steve, those years back, "you are holding it wrong" were not conducive to solving the problem. At best were a poor joke, and at worst an arrogant statement which certainly revealed his personality. Though by strict technical evaluation it was a true statement. As crossing the antenna separation lines did ground the signal. In an ideal world, it never should have passed the Development and testing phase that way. Definitely a technical and marketing error which surprisingly did little overal harm to the bottom line. I do wonder about the designer responsible for the missed problem. Did he ever get off the desert island?
It would never market well, but a good raised antenna would go a long way on improving signal strength and improve battery life for every brand of phone. But we are not gonna see that any time soon.
As I mentioned in my first post, I think it was an error not publishing that an error 53 would occur if non Apple screen/ID button was used and that the correct part would need to be revalidated back to the chip to restore full functionality. I still don't think Apple should sell official parts or provide how to information regarding this revalidation to the world. As this does open the door for hacking the finger print security. Just as I don't think Apple should provide a back door into the iPhone software/firmware. Some hacker will figure it out. And that I don't want, even if it costs you more for a repair. And no, I don't think you are a fool if you disagree, as I respect your right to your opinion, even if you don't respect my right to mine.
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After 2 articles and 1000 post, you still believe Apple do this because of security?
I do not believe single word Apple said.
Would strongly suggest you not buy any Apple products and sell off any you currently have. As everything they said about their products is not to be believed. Why would you want to own a single thing made by Apple?
