Rant about "Jailbreakers"

[Xian Zhu Xuande]

Why do people do this? Not only does it mess up your iPhone if you do it wrong but can get you in serious Illegal Claims. So what I'm wondering is why risk going to jail and lose your warranty? Apple REALLY need's to post Copyright Claims against Cydia as this is how most people do it. Or Apple could step up security and put a Handmade Trojan that it detects Cydia and destroys the iPhone permanently but the FBI/Apple will be knocking at there door.

Who think's Apple should do something about the use of Cydia and Jailbreaking?

As others have said, you have a very large misunderstanding in terms of what jailbreaking is and isn't which you should probably sort out before trying to determine the motives of people who do it. For example, there's nothing illegal about it. You may do more illegal things with it once it is jailbroken, but the same applies to a gun, or even a baseball bat. You can crack it over someone's head, but you can also choose to use it specifically for hitting baseballs at the local ball park.

I used to jailbreak frequently, but there's no longer a compelling reason for me to do so (I do miss game emulation, though). In the past it allowed me to add features I cared about like some degree of multitasking support. It allowed me to do things like work with Google Voice. The FBI would have considered my activities to be among the most boring things imaginable in that context.

Just because someone chooses to jailbreaks their device does not mean they're doing something wrong. (Although the people who use it to do things like pirate apps—even the apps they like—are asshats).

 

[lannisters4life]

Why do people do this? Not only does it mess up your iPhone if you do it wrong but can get you in serious Illegal Claims. So what I'm wondering is why risk going to jail and lose your warranty? Apple REALLY need's to post Copyright Claims against Cydia as this is how most people do it. Or Apple could step up security and put a Handmade Trojan that it detects Cydia and destroys the iPhone permanently but the FBI/Apple will be knocking at there door.

Who think's Apple should do something about the use of Cydia and Jailbreaking?

Random capitalisation trolls get me every time

 

[utahman130]

Welcome troll! To touch more on what Intell said: (great post btw)

Why do people do this?

Because it opens Up new possibilities for your iDevice(s). Always wanted toggles to turn on/off WiFi, Bluetooth, Data, Airplane Mode, and more? Jailbreak. Want to customize your device, to make it look just how you want? Jailbreak. Want to FaceTime or download apps over 3G (excluding iPhone 4S obviously)? Jailbreak. I can go on and on.

Not only does it mess up your iPhone if you do it wrong

I guess you've heard the horror stories. That has only happened to a small few. You can always restore by going in to DFU mode! Yeah, if you unlock wrong it's going to fry your antenna, have some common sense and do a lot of reasearch before. If you aren't sure what you are doing, don't do it!

but can get you in serious Illegal Claims

Um, might have wanted to do your reasearch before making that one up. On July 26, 2010, the feds declared Jailbreaking iDevices legal. Proof.

So what I'm wondering is why risk going to jail

As stated above, Jailbreaking is legal

and lose your warranty?

You can always restore in iTunes.

Apple REALLY need's to post Copyright Claims against Cydia as this is how most people do it.

Uh, Cydia is not what people jailbreak with, it is the store where people get tweaks and other stuff after they jailbreak. Absinthe, jailbreakme, spirit, sn0wbreeze, pwngetool, etc. is what people jailbreak with, and it installs Cydia.

As for Apple filing copyright claims, Cydia could file them right back. Look at iOS 6. I am a pretty big Apple fan, but watching the WWDC 2012 keynote made me pretty angry. Most of Apple's "innovations" were copied straight from Cydia. Let's have a look:

3G FaceTime for iPhone 4S and iPad 3 = My3G
Tap to Tweet and Tap to Post = QuickTweet
Phone redesign = Any one of the numbers of themes for the Phone app
Full screen Safari for iPhone = Fullsceeen for Safari

Or Apple could step up security and put a Handmade Trojan that it detects Cydia and destroys the iPhone permanently

Are you kidding me? First off, Apple would never do that because it would drive away customers, and the phones that got destroyed wouldnt be able to buy iTunes songs, music videos, TV shows and movies or apps. Second, that would just be plain illegal as Jailbreaking is leagal.

Who think's Apple should do something about the use of Cydia and Jailbreaking?

Uh, judging by the reaction here, nobody.

Typed from a jailbroken first gen iPad 5.1.1

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[Kayan]

So are the massage parlors. Get "yo" comprehension on analogies straight.

I've jailbroken every device and find that it's hardly worth it. My biggest gripe is battery life. Every jailbreak seems to kill battery life and causes bugs that I don't care to deal with.

False. Any informed person knows that the JB has no impact on battery life/health. It is the quality of the apps that you decide to install from Cydia that cause battery drain. I used to be very battery conscious, and one of the reasons that I used to JB was to increase my battery life, which I did successfully.

 

[swoosh0217]

Un-jailbreak iphone = boring

 

[Macman45]

I have no issue at al if people want to JB iPhones and iPads, that is entirely their choice...They pay enough for them.

I have never even been tempted to do it, even though at one point I had an iPhone 4 and my new 4S, so I guess you could say I had a golden opportunity to have a go. It's the way people look at their devices that makes up their minds about JB I think. My iPad is fine as it is, and I've never not been able to do what I wanted to on it...I'm on my third, so have owned them all.

The same thing goes for my phone....I don't play games on it, it plays music, sends email and text messages, acts as a standby WP when I'm out and about, and has a few basic card games on it if I wish to pass the time...It too has never left me wondering why it won't do something I want it to...It does, so I don't need to think about JB'ing it. If I got to the point where either device didn't do what I wanted them to, and I knew that jail breaking them would enable a certain task or App I couldn't otherwise have, then I would have a go...Human nature, and it's not like iPhones and iPads are cheap either. You pay for it, you use it the way you want to.