Well then my friend that is the whole point, you are disagreeing with his/her interpretation because YOU ARE NOT GETTING IT!!
When you're sitting on a phone that you paid for $500 for a LEGIT purchase and it doesnt work you start feeling the fire burning up somewhere.
You're the one indicating to assume it may not have been a legitimate purchase by quoting the word legitimate, sure Apple is not responsible for the state of an item that changed hands privately but the argument is not about the state of the item its about its continued link to Apple, it becomes Apple's responsitbilty when it is locked from the servers in the Apples backyard. and YES I do understand the new feature is to protect us.
But it would be foolish and ignorant of Apple to think their products won't change hands, and that someone wanting to update their phone would just throw it out or maybe once you buy an iPhone you'd be keeping it through its life span of however long it might be. with that said...
I do not agree with the security feature where it just locks you out when you puchased it legally, when the security feature got intruduced a month ago with ios7 because the phones that changed hands LEGALLY before that weren't subject to the present policy, it was not a REQUIREMENT to transfer licenses/ownership. I baught one from a friend of a friend for $500 two months ago, I am not sure if I can track him down. Why am I subjected to this now.
The ONLY way Apple can justify this sort of enforcement is IF the item is flagged, or reported stolen, That is how you keep loyal customers loyal. If you lose your phone report it. If you're a lazy or dont care then you dont care, but if its not reported lost or stollen then it leaves apple out of it. I think its just a way of keeping "Apple" the milking cow keep milking.