Apple: iPhone Jailbreaking Is Illegal
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 13th Feb 2009 20:25 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
Apple The iPhone, Apple's current cash cow and best selling cellular phone in the United States, is a completely closed phone in that only applications from the App Store can be installed on the phone. However, by jailbreaking the iPhone you can install applications from whatever source you want, which might be desirable if an application you want isn't allowed into the App Store by Apple. The Cupertino company has never had an official stance on jailbeaking, but this has now changed: according to them, it's a breach of copyright.
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Not surprising, is it?
by alcibiades on Fri 13th Feb 2009 20:49 UTC
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2005-10-12

Another stage in Apple's slow metamorphosis into the RIAA. When your reaction to evidence of your customer's demands is to sue them, instead of find a way to make money while delivering what they want, you are on a hiding to nowhere. This is getting so totally last century, but worse, its the antithesis of cool.

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RE: Not surprising, is it?
by dagw on Fri 13th Feb 2009 21:57 in reply to "Not surprising, is it?"
dagw Member since:
2005-07-06

When your reaction to evidence of your customer's demands is to sue them

iPhone end user aren't really Apples customers in this market, the cell phone companies with the exclusive deals are. So yes, Apple is doing exactly what their customers demand.

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RE[2]: Not surprising, is it?
by tupp on Fri 13th Feb 2009 22:21 in reply to "RE: Not surprising, is it?"
tupp Member since:
2006-11-12

Those who buy Apple Iphones are Apple customers.

Apple's actions cannot be justified by blaming the cell phone companies who are Apple's partners.

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