> just gating of either the digital I/O or the power to the camera, and a pulse-stretcher so the LED goes on for at least a few seconds each time to prevent an attack by rapidly flicking the camera logic on and off.
They'd be unable to roll out the feature to older iPhones if they did this.
I guess for newer iPhones this is not as big of a deal since they have a big-ass notch anyway, however Apple also has a large customer base that only buys their older products (like me), and saying that their older products have worse security than their newer ones is probably not the kind of message they want to send, even if it might potentially get them some new sales.
They'd be unable to roll out the feature to older iPhones if they did this.
I guess for newer iPhones this is not as big of a deal since they have a big-ass notch anyway, however Apple also has a large customer base that only buys their older products (like me), and saying that their older products have worse security than their newer ones is probably not the kind of message they want to send, even if it might potentially get them some new sales.