There is a frustration, as a user, that as the value of the iOS exploits increase, they become more and more 'underground'. The time between OS release and public jailbreak is continually growing - and it doesn't seem to only be due to the hardening of the OS. People are selling their exploits rather than releasing them publicly. And the further underground they go, the more likely they will be utilized for nefarious purposes rather than allowing me to edit my own HOSTS file. The most recent iOS jailbreak (to be able to gain root access to
my iPhone) lasted less than a month before Apple stopped signing the old OS. Yet its clear this (new) quick action on Apple's part does not (yet?) stop persistent state-sponsored adversaries.
It is more and more clear that to accept Apple's security (which seems to be getting better, but obviously still insufficient) I must also accept Apple's commercial limitations to the use of a device I own. And I suppose that the dividing line between the ability to exploit a vulnerability and to 'have control' is a sliding scale for every user: one man's 'obvious' kernel exploit is another man's 'obvious' phishing scam.
It is not a new tension, but it does seem the stakes on both sides seem to be getting higher and higher - total submission to an onerous EULA vs total exploitable knowledge about me and my device. Both sides seem to have forced each other to introduce the concept of 'total' to those stakes, and that is frustrating. More-so when it's not yet clear which threat is greater.