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Jailbreaking iPhone Now Legal
whisper_jeff writes "The US government on Monday announced new rules making it officially legal for iPhone owners to 'jailbreak' their device and run unauthorized third-party applications, as well as the ability to unlock any cell phone for use on multiple carriers."
The EFF has further details on this and some of the other legal protections granted in the new rules.
I shouldn't have to jailbreak it in the 1st place.
Just like you shouldn't have to root Android either. But you do.
To have the fullest set of freedoms that is... which 90% of the people using the device neither need nor care about.
So wait, why should a device ship by default in a mode that only a small portion of the populace will use and that makes the device less secure and easier for the user to alter in a way they cannot recover from?
Isn't it enough that anyone who NEEDS the wider range of technical abilities, can easily activate it on demand? Why must any company ship a product made worse for the consumer because of your selfish desires?
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
I like the news because it seems to be friendly towards the public, but it seems arbitrary and not necessary. Why can't the free market handle this? People are not forced to buy iPhones or support proprietary OSes so I am not sympathetic to those that buy these products and cry for choice. Maybe the price for quality is that the device exists in a walled garden so the producer can recoup costs otherwise the price would be higher.
Shouldn't Apple have the right to make relationships they feel are beneficial? Why are people sympathetic to Apple's consumers if they have bought into a walled garden? Who is really pushing for this rule; could it be Cricket, T-Mobile or other carriers and not consumers?
If the rule is aimed at breaking down walled gardens like Apple's marketplace and carrier agreement, then can we have proprietary anything? Why isn't DirectX forced to open up for PC gaming as that is a marketplace that has to pay royalties to MS twice? Should MPEG be able to maintain its grip on video processing, storage, replay, etc?
To represent how this argument quickly becomes absurd, why not have rules for hardware substitution like putting a Snapdragon in an iPhone? What about replacing the ALU in the processor for alternatives because that interface should also be available to consumers to replace as they feel?
Well, I guess business will change the way it is done. I wonder what the impact will be.
Why are you comparing rooting an Android with the iPhone being locked onto a single carrier?
Why are you?
I'm talking about Jailbreaking.
Unlocking is totally different (though also covered by the same rule clarification).
Jailbreaking has nothing to do with carrier support.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
you'd still be an idiot without a point?
so is the game over? are you admitting you were, and continue to be, wrong? why is it good that people like you force me to explain to them why and how they are idiots? that is bad for us all.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, IDIOT?
I'm happy to admit that I was engaging in wordplay and that there is some analogy involved, but nothing I said should be particularly obscure or unclear to anyone with some degree of technical literacy and a decent knowledge of American English
you said the iphone added locks. they did not add locks... they didn't even provide the door to put the lock on. you analogy is invalid. "WORD PLAY" ?!#% that is what you call using words while you are making claims that are incorrect? playing the game LIAR?
the provided software makes installing arbitrary software. the lack of something can never be analogous to the existence of something... especially something restricting access to something else.
you are an idiot.
the mess of you struggling to come to terms with BEING AN IDIOT WHO SHOULD STOP SHARING THEIR IDIOTIC THOUGHTS. are you asking me to attempt to physically assault you?