If Apple really cared that much, they would just buy him out and/or hire him and kill all of his public projects. Translation: Apple cares, but not enough to do anything major about it. It takes a lot less effort to file a lawsuit and “see where it goes” than it does to shut them up for good by bringing them internal and putting them on the security team. If I ever see him I am buying him a well, he’s not 21, so not a beer but um something to drink.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/the-father-of-jailbreakme-hacks-because-he-loves-apple-5826561