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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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  1. Re:Apple can kiss my shiny white ass by MousePotato · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    actually, i think you miss the point. If you buy something it should be yours to do whatever you choose to do with. People are purchasing iphones and ps3's, they aren't leasing them. Once you take possession after purchase they shouldn't be able to change they deal... its called bait and switch and is a questionable practice.

    full disclosure; i own neither device because of said practices and while the ipad looks like a nice device I'll never own one of those either.

  2. Re:I bought it by Locke2005 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rush Limbaugh? What are you doing posting to slashdot? And when _are_ you leaving the country for Costa Rica like you promised?

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  3. Re:Apple can kiss my shiny white ass by cynyr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    is opera GTK+ native yet? does it have options to use easylist? how about greasemonkey scripts?

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