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Why was it possible to mod things like the Xbox, but seems impossible for the iPhone?

What is the key thing that makes it impossible for later tech?



Secureboot style integrity systems that only boot into envs with ubiquitous signature validation and have lots of hardware protections to maintain that in the face of other bugs.


I wonder if size of machine also adds to the difficulty of modding




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