happilyretired

Stick to your (OUR) guns! Data security is one reason we use iPhones in our family.

Back tracking for fear of losing?

I'm calling BS on that one. They knew they were going to loose this and caved. But - they need to save face. So they concocted this story. In the end the story probably will go like this: "There was nothing to be gleaned from that iPhone. It really was just a work phone." Or: "There was valuable information gained, but in the interest of national security we cannot disclose what." I might believe them if in the future, no matter what the case, they never again ask Apple to get into one for them. Until then: Just because they say they did doesn't mean at all that they really did so.

There's a much easier way to bypass Gatekeeper, if you don't want to take advantage of the protection provided and have the ability to nilly willy install anything you want: Get a PC other than a Mac! I can't even imagine any software to be tempting enough to try without Apple's stamp of approval.

I'd still have a phone that size like my old trusty 4s, if my eyes were still any better up close. I can use my 6Plus without having to get out glasses. That's the only reason I'm putting up with its size.

Seems to me you're good updating devices until they're about 1 1/2 or maybe 2 years old. You keep updating them beyond that and the problems start creeping in. If you want the newest capabilities of the OS then after a certain point you just have to upgrade the DEVICE, not the software. Or be happy with what you have and leave it alone.

Oh, the good old days! When all "Things (Apple) just worked", which, I'm afraid, has become a "Thing" of the past.