So, it frees you from some of Apple's tethers and this was the code that circulated on the Internet iPhone with which people could crack their iPhones.
And that the bond market will crack at some point, though putting a date on that is very difficult given extreme government intervention in the market.
Shooting these intermediate frames at different exposures could produce brilliant HDR photos or even video, assuming of course that camera manufacturers don't find some other way to crack the exposure code by then.