Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 13th Feb 2009 20:25 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
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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Member since:2005-10-12
This must, from its tone, be a defense of the proposition that Apple is right to restrict installation of applications to those available for sale through tha app store? That it is right to do this through invoking the criminal law? And that it is right to prevent people by criminal sanctions from moving from one network operator to another?
This is not about what Apple should do, its what customers should be allowed to do.
Make the case, do please.
Member since:2005-08-18
I didn't presume any wishy washy bullshit rose tinted shite that most of the people here complaining seem to have.
Oh, you mean bullshit like copyright law and consumer rights? I'm sure Apple's lawyers appreciate your willingness to bend over.
being evil because Apple dares to make a product with a vague amount of purpose.
No, because they're are trying to control what you can do with a product that you have bought and own.
Member since:2006-01-01
"I didn't presume any wishy washy bullshit rose tinted shite that most of the people here complaining seem to have.
Oh, you mean bullshit like copyright law and consumer rights? I'm sure Apple's lawyers appreciate your willingness to bend over. "
Did Apple hide the facts concerning the nature of the iPod or iPhone? I don't belive so, so your argument falls flat. It's not about bending over, it's about opening your eyes and reading the small print. I knew the restrictions when I got my iPhone. I got my iPhone because I tried other options, including open ones, and realized they were all flawed. At the end of the day I got a capable media device with installable apps that does exactly what I need it to. It replaced my N800, 5th gen iPod and SE k750i in one device.
"being evil because Apple dares to make a product with a vague amount of purpose.
No, because they're are trying to control what you can do with a product that you have bought and own. "
I bought mine on a contract. I don't "own" it for another 18 months. I possess it, which is not the same thing by a long shot.
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So, we roll out the usual trolls and Haters. I own a Mac. I own a PC. I own a Nokia N800. I've used Android on a real device. I've run Windows, BeOS, AmigaOS, RiscOS, Mac OS 7 thru 9, Mac OS X, Linux (starting with a pre Redhat distro that was one of the first to use ELF binaries) to SuSE 11 and Ubuntu 9.x.
Android is clunky and doesn't have the appeal to me of iPhone OS.
Linux has chaned very little (from an end user perspective) since Mandrake 8.0.
Windows seems to be regressing rather than improving.
Nokia hasn't got a clue how to support end users. Maemo is a complete joke.
Mac OS X just works for me. iPhone just works for me. I read the specs, I understood all of the limitations. I didn't presume any wishy washy bullshit rose tinted shite that most of the people here complaining seem to have. It's really quite a sad state of affairs when brats get their knickers in a twist and shout about Apple being evil because Apple dares to make a product with a vague amount of purpose. Heaven forbid we can't install an IM client or take video. Seriously. Grow up.