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While there are some good points, I wouldn't have them distribute iOS devices jail-broken since jail-breaking does explicitly and intentionally disable security features of the device (in exchange for the flexibility of doing whatever you like). The current default is correct. They simply shouldn't get their panties in a wad when someone does jailbreak the device, nor should they actively thwart it.

Apple open sources a lot, but I'm not sure that many of the things that they don't open source are of much value to the community unless they want to fork OS X, which Apple has no rational interest in supporting.

Also, there's really no grey area for hackintoshes. In most jurisdictions, they represent copyright infringement. Apple could decouple it's OS from it's hardware, but they aren't organized or sufficiently supported by the existing industry for it to be anything more than a hassle for them right now. It would be nice, yes, but from a business standpoint it doesn't make sense for them (now).

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