AppleTV Runs iOS, Already Jailbroken

Wired has noted that "Soon, thanks to the tireless efforts of the iPhone Dev Team, you will be able to install apps on your AppleTV. An upcoming Jailbreak tool, called SHAtter, has already been used to unlock the new Apple TV's firmware." The units are supposedly now shipping. I have a lot of questions about the device (like how will it handle the photo screen saver if your local machines are offline) but hacking it might make the thing more usable (divx please, and how about letting my screen share my desktop to my TV?).

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Honest question

[Pojut]

Does it bother anyone else that Apple products are so quickly hacked? I don't mean from a security standpoint, I mean because people feel the need to hack them so they can do what they want.

Doesn't that mean they should just buy something that isn't so limited in the first place? Or is this one of those "we buy a locked device because we want to hack it" sort of things...

Re:Honest question

[js3]

Hackers target the audience, and that means whatever is popular. Apple is popular so it gets hacked earlier. Bragging rights etc

Re:Gluttons for abuse

[Microlith]

buying an N900 and an iPaq puts you in such a tiny group I think we can safely ignore your opinions

Indeed, it's easy to ignore the minority, especially if they have a point.

. And yet you still bought an iPod, while railing against Apple... bizarre.

Indeed, back in 2003 before they released their later models and started on their lockdown kick.

Meanwhile, have you or have you not bought videogame console or handheld?

No, why on earth would I?

How much local storage?

[dwightk]

How much space is there for installing apps?

Re:DivX?

[TrancePhreak]

Blizzard released some things in DivX. There may have been others.