In Defense of Jailbreaking

Keith found a nice manifesto saying "There's a trend that's been disturbing me lately. When the topic of modding or jailbreaking comes up — say, in the wake of the iPad announcement, or Sony's restrictive PS3 update — there is an outcry. Who am I to tell Apple what's best for their devices?"

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if i paid money for it....

[Shompol]

I can

• break it
• crash it
• squash it
• mix it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI
• hack it
• jailbreak it (?)*

(*) Disclaimer - or i can not buy jailed device in the first place and save myself some trouble.

Re:if i paid money for it....

[log0n]

you forgot

* blend it

Re:if i paid money for it....

[psergiu]

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, mail - upgrade it,
Charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it,
Snap it, work it, quick - erase it,
Write it, cut it, paste it, save it,
Load it, check it, quick - rewrite it,
Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it,
Drag and drop it, zip - unzip it,
Lock it, fill it, call it, find it,
View it, code it, jam - unlock it,
Surf it, scroll it, pause it, click it,
Cross it, crack it, switch - update it,
Name it, rate it, tune it, print it,
Scan it, send it, fax - rename it,
Touch it, bring it, Pay it, watch it,
Turn it, leave it, start - format it.
Technologic

Re:DMCA still makes it illegal

[Yvan256]

When you start lumping all individuals together it's starting to sound like Katamari Democracy.

Re:DMCA still makes it illegal

[masmullin]

What's gud for beeg cumpnies is gud for 'Merka