This doesn&#x27;t have a damn thing to do with dtrace. This is about Apple asserting that they own your computer, <i>de facto</i>, not you.<p>Assumptions you&#x27;re making:<p>* That the ability to disable SIP will <i>always</i> be available, forever, even though Apple has incentives to continue making their products more an &quot;applicance&quot; and less a &quot;computer&quot;. I already said there are hardware features in new CPUs that are <i>specifically designed</i> to make that impossible. (see previous [5])<p>* That SIP will continue, forever into the future, to protect only those hidden directories.<p>* That Apple <i>always</i> knows what is better for the user, and won&#x27;t exploit that power.<p>&gt; turned off<p>Why is it that any time someone starts grabbing for power, there are always people that say we should ignore it because there is some workaround, or it&#x27;s only an insignificant amount of power? Power is accumulated in small steps, with the hope that nobody notices until iti is too late.<p>As an analogy, you might say that I&#x27;m warning you that someone seems to be placing some gas cans around your property, and you might want to stop them before they decide to light a match. Meanwhile, you (and quite a few other people) are saying it&#x27;s no big deal because you can just step over those gas cans - they aren&#x27;t blocking the walkway <i>much</i>.<p>Apple is taking your root access away, and you&#x27;re fine with it. They are saying that they <i>de facto</i> own your computer, not you. Yet you&#x27;re fine with it.<p>&gt; Also what war on general computing?<p>I&#x27;m somewhat shocked. All I can say is you have quite a bit of catching up to do. For the answer to that question, see my previous [1] and [2]. For [1], I linked to Doctorow&#x27;s essay, but he links to his original lecture at 28C3 if you prefer. That lecture introduces the War, while [2] continues with a discussion of why we need to solve this problem <i>now</i>, as the ramifications extend <i>much</i> further than Apple and the ability to gain root.<p>Again, you might want to think long and hard about the long-term consequences of giving up root access to Apple. Security can be provided for the user <i>without</i> handing control over to Apple.