Ngokusho kokushicilelwa kweForbes, i-Apple izama ukuvala noma yikuphi ukukhubazeka okukhulu kuzibuyekezo ezizayo ze-iOS ne-OS X, futhi ukwenza njalo uhlangane ngasese nabaduni abakhulu endaweni yesehlakalo zamanje eziqhubeka zithola ukuba sengozini kuzinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Apple. Okwamanje iForbes ikwazile ukuqinisekisa amagama amathathu kuphela: uLuca Todesco, owaziwa kakhulu ngokuba ngumuntu okwazile ukugqekeza ejele zonke izinhlobo ze-iOS 9 inkampani eyethule emakethe kanye nezinguqulo zokuqala ze-iOS 10. Ndawonye ULuca Todesco ubekhona noNicholas Allegra noPatrick Wardle.
UNicholas Allegra, owaziwa nangokuthi u-Comex, omunye wabaduni ohlale ebhekisa phansi i-iOS enguqulweni entsha ngayinye, yena, kanye noPatrick Wardle, owayekade esebenza kwi-NSA oye waphakamisa kaningi izinkinga zokuphepha ezinhlotsheni ezahlukahlukene ze-OS X, bebekhona umhlangano lapho i-Apple ifuna ukuthola ukusebenzisana kwalaba saziwayo emhlabeni wabaduni, ukuzama ukuthuthukisa ukuphepha kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ezihlukile zenkampani. Umgqugquzeli we-Apple walo mhlangano unxuse abebehambele lo mcimbi ukuthi bangawubiki umhlangano noma okuqukethwe kuwo, kodwa ekugcineni konke kuyaziwa.
U-Apple wazise leli qembu labaduni ngemivuzo yokuthola izimbungulu ku-iOS naku-OS X, imivuzo engafinyelela ku- $ 200.000. I-Apple ikhethe ukudweba uhlu lwabantu abangakusiza ukuthi ufeze inhloso yakho, ikhawulele ukufinyelela kwabanye abaduni abangamenyiwe esikhundleni sokukhetha uhlelo lwemivuzo luka-Apple bangakhetha izinkampani ezivela eceleni ezinikela ngomvuzo ophakeme, ikakhulukazi kulokho okubizwa ngokuba sengozini kwezinsuku ezingama-zero.
Okunye kwe- abakhona kulomhlangano ngokusho kweForbes Kube ngoFrancisco Alonso, uStefan Esser, uBraden Thomas, uPedro Vilaca. UJonathan Zdziarski, kanye nabanjiniyela bakudala bakwa-Apple u-Alex Ionescu noSteve de Franco (ih8sn0w) noHao Xu, oyilungu lasePangu. I-Apple ifuna leli qembu labaduni lithole futhi libike ubungozi obubalulekile obungabeka ukuphepha kuzinhlelo zombili ezisebenzayo esikhundleni sokuthola uhlu lwezimbungulu ezingavumeli ukubeka ukuphepha kwazo zombili i-OS engcupheni.