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Jailbreaking = Software Piracy?
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No . I have jailbroken and bought apps/themes from Cydia /app store worth 1500 dollars.
Very few percentage of jbers pirate . I hate it when jailbreaking piracy are considered same
No . I have jailbroken and bought apps/themes from Cydia /app store worth 1500 dollars.
Very few percentage of jbers pirate . I hate it when jailbreaking piracy are considered same
No.
I spend a fortune on apps and Cydia tweaks
Jailbreaking for me is getting more out of the phone not pirating.
I spend a fortune on apps and Cydia tweaks
Jailbreaking for me is getting more out of the phone not pirating.
I jailbreak my phone in order to unlock it's fullest potential. Things like quick reply should come on a stock phone in my opinion.
No and it pisses me off when people say it is. people that steal a .99 app are a joke. I jb to improve Apples OS and because it's my device not Apples. I also don't tether for those that want to throw that in. JB had multitasking years before apple had it. the ease of SB Setting alone will make me jailbreak. thing I hate about Jailbreakme is it's to easy for people that have no clue what they are doing.
Very few percentage of jbers pirate . I hate it when jailbreaking piracy are considered same
I would say that is naive
I would be willing to bet that the vast majority who jailbreak do it for the free apps or to circumvent carrier paid offerings
As is bittorrent but we all know how that goes.
http://isource.com/2010/08/15/really-nearly-half-of-iphone-jailbreakers-pirate-apps/
Above is a link to iSource and an article about the % of jailbreak users who pirate apps... However this was back in 2010
Above is a link to iSource and an article about the % of jailbreak users who pirate apps... However this was back in 2010
I'd be willing to bet some, but not most, people jailbreak to pirate apps. However, for most of us, that's not the case.
I'll admit I have Installous installed on my iPhone, however, I ONLY use it to test out apps to see if I like the functionality, features, etc. From then I always delete them and buy them in the App Store so the developer gets their props. I use Installous like a trial period, so to speak. A few of my friends do the same thing. We're honest people and understand the hard work that goes into coding these apps. I have not one pirated app installed on my iPhone right now.
If Apple would actually add the trial feature in the App Store, I'd have no need for Installous and could discard it.
I'll admit I have Installous installed on my iPhone, however, I ONLY use it to test out apps to see if I like the functionality, features, etc. From then I always delete them and buy them in the App Store so the developer gets their props. I use Installous like a trial period, so to speak. A few of my friends do the same thing. We're honest people and understand the hard work that goes into coding these apps. I have not one pirated app installed on my iPhone right now.
If Apple would actually add the trial feature in the App Store, I'd have no need for Installous and could discard it.
Never once used a pirated app. I've spent easily $150 on Cydia apps and think it's only fair that the devs working on this side of the fence get a cut of proceeds like the guys on the other.
Jailbreaking CAN mean software piracy and often does, but it is up to each person to decide if they want to do that after the jailbreak.
Jailbreaking CAN mean software piracy and often does, but it is up to each person to decide if they want to do that after the jailbreak.
So you only pirate apps for a little while and then return them. Honest people.
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Same here. I pay for everything, from the iTunes/App store to Cydia. Piracy is against the law. Don't do it.
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Same here. I pay for everything, from the iTunes/App store to Cydia. Piracy is against the law. Don't do it.
Same. I am a programmer (not iPhone apps), and feel app developers deserve $'s for creating the app.
While I understand the hilarity of that guy's post, it does point out the need for trail versions / returns on apps. There are a lot of fantastic apps out there. But there's also a lot of poop. More than half of the apps I've bought have been deleted immediately after the first use of them. Sure wish I could have demoed it and then chosen to not buy. (I know about Lite versions, most apps don't have them.)
I've had a jailbroken iPhone since I jailbroke my iPhone 3G in 2009 and I've only used Installous once, and that wasn't even for piracy, but to roll back an app to a previous version after I updated the app and the new version had some changes I didn't like. Appulous had the old version available for download, but like I said, this was for a $10 app that I had already paid for.
I don't, but that's because a lot of the music I listen to is free in the first place. Gotta love rappers, never a shortage of free music.
I buy all my apps but I do it because I know how hard and time consuming is to code and design those apps, not because is against the law.
Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 Untethered iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad, iPod touch
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