Comments on: iPhone SDK Agreement Prohibits Developers Jailbreaking, Assisting in Jailbreaking

By: John

John — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:58:03 +0000

This is just more dubious practice. It is doubtfull if this is legal in most jurisdictions and totally unenforceable.

As with trying to make jailbreaking illegal this is Apple living in their own special version of reality.

By: Justin (dizzy)

Justin (dizzy) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:33:09 +0000

I hate April fools day, unless I don’t have to work the it’s a crap “holiday”.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:02:23 +0000

Does the phrase assist others in jailbreaking also apply to "publishing" instructions? I'm sure it does, but I'm surprised they don't specify it just to cover themselves more.

By: Bill Taroli

Bill Taroli — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Cydia sold to Microsoft? That would cause me to cease using it immediately. Please confirm that's a misprint. That would be absolute lunacy.

And while you're listing affected communities, don't forget CUSTOMERS. I don't know how many times someone saw me running a jailbreak app on 2.2.1 and stopped me to ask how I could do that (e.g. video recording) on an iPhone. Um... it happens when you free yourself from the ID10T corporate shackles of igits who either don't care or want to make you starve until they can charge you for it.

Enough already, Apple... free the market. Open the platform.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:21:59 +0000

@lordzod01. That microsoft cydia thing was an April fools!! So was the winulous!!

By: lordzod01

lordzod01 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:12:29 +0000

with cydia being sold to microsoft and now this, I think apple will step up. They are going to want back full control over their product. Worse luck for us that prefare the jailbreak.

Of coarse, time will tell. Maybe a little surprise hidden in 3.0