useless and resource-consuming cat-mouse game... Ignorant manufacturers that insist on spending time and money for locking down their devices, oblivious to the huge gains in sales that could be had just by allowing the prospective consumer tweak his/her device to his/her liking...
They will never learn.
You would think apple would get the message when their community is constantly cracking open their software. The world wants open source! But alas, that makes too much sense.