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Toyota Yields To Apple Over Jailbroken Phones

Posted by Roblimo on from the typo-in-the-headline-is-embarassing dept.

zakkie writes "Toyota has caved to pressure from Apple and pulled custom themes for jailbroken iPhones. According to ModMyi.com founder Kyle Matthews, a representative of Toyota's ad agency said that Toyota gave in to Apple's request in order to 'maintain their good relationship with Apple', and amounted to a direct attack by Apple on jailbroken iPhones."

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  1. I hate Apple by ppptp · · Score: -1, Troll

    And no I am not a zealot. I own an iPhone and I hate jailbraking it. It actually is harder and harder

  2. In Toyota's office... by gnasher719 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Manager A: "We got a letter from Apple. They ask is if we could stop distributing our custom themes for jailbroken iPhones".
    Manager B: "What is a jailbroken iPhone?"
    Manager A: Explains...
    Manager B: "And what is a custom theme for a jailbroken iPhone?"
    Manager A: Explains...
    Manager B: And why do we make this custom theme for a jailbroken iPhone?
    Manager A: Dunno.
    Manager B: And what did it cost us to make it?
    Manager A: Dunno.
    Manager B: And how exactly do we benefit from this?
    Manager A: Dunno
    Manager B: So what I want to know is: Who signed off on this nonsense and how can we stop it right now?

  3. They a not the first to do that by linux_geek_france · · Score: -1, Troll

    One worker was fired from his company for having a jailbroken iPhone. And no, that was his own private phone and it has no company info...

  4. Re:Could someone explain this? by davester666 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Other than "I was bored, so I did it", why would you bother with OpenMoko on say, an Android phone?

    If you can jailbreak your phone [which has to be done to most Android phones, just like Apple] to install another OS, why not just install Android, which is years more advanced than OpenMoko, and is actively being worked on and probably has 5 or 6 orders of magnitude more apps and even developer tools for it [vs OpenMoko]?

    If you get stuck on something, you are more likely to be able to get some help from someone else, your work, if you make it available, is more likely to be looked at and/or used by others.

    To me, OpenMoko is Android, only without a large company developing and marketing it, and without any significant industry support for it.

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