2011-11-29, 06:35
g-off Wrote:You mean much in the same way they don't actively try and stop people from jailbreaking their devices or even opening them up? (Pentalobe - i'm looking at you!)
Do you see any video players on IOS devices that can use the graphics hardware legitimately for non-apple approved content? There is no access through the SDK. People would pay the Appstore and apple handsomely for that capability.
There is a saying that you should never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity. I don't think there are too many stupid people at Apple.
Not that this has anything to do with the thread at hand
They patch jailbreak exploits because they are also security exploits. Jailbreaking also makes it painfully easy to pirate App Store software. Just because Apple doesn't go out of their way to support the hackers and DIY'ers doesn't mean they are acting maliciously. They sell a product that is intended to do certain things. They don't have to support us just because we want to mod these things to go beyond that.
Now, if they acted like Sony, and went after jailbreak devs and sued them, and websites that published the jailbreak methods and software, I could see your point. So far Apple has not been unreasonable in their actions regarding jailbreaking.