&gt; Somehow Apple has managed to keep its signing key from getting out into the wild. Only Apple knows the systems required to keep that safe.
&gt; The same cannot be said of signed copies of software.<p>Presumably, you could employ the same systems for both pieces of data, since it should all stay within Apple.<p>&gt; What&#x27;s the difference to you whether they fight now or later?<p>Because they should respond to the request that was made on its merits, not on &quot;what might happen&quot;.<p>I&#x27;m just pointing out the kinds of arguments that reasonable, non technical people are making.