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| Absinthe 2.0 used to jailbreak 1 million iOS devices this weekend |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-05-28 21:47:38 |
| As Engadget notes, almost 1 million people jailbroke their iOS device this weekend, after the release of Abstinthe 2.0. Considering I'm actually hearing more and more non-techie users talk about jailbreaking, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. |
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| Yup, no surprise there! |
| By leech on 2012-05-28 23:04:38 |
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No surprise because for some reason, contrary to Apple's thought processes, people actually want to be able to 'own' their phone. In a world that is leaning more and more toward being one where you purchase a license to use a piece of software or hardware and don't actually own it, people are trying their best to keep that feeling of ownership. With the rumors going around that the next generation of game consoles are all going to be jailed and they will require a network connection just to play single player games.. Look at Diablo 3 as a perfect example of what NOT to do. The worse thing is though, even with the lack of offline LAN, and debacle of people not being able to log into it, people will still buy it up. I guess the real surprise is that there aren't more than 1 million iOS devices that were jailbroken! |
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| Stupid |
| By crhylove on 2012-05-28 23:19:18 |
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Why support this awful company with their history of human rights abuses and their terrible walled garden? Why not support a more open company and buy some of the superior and cheaper Android alternatives? Apple is losing this war the same way the lost the war against Windows in the 80s. Locking users in to crap they don't want and disabling features and usability users do want. Also stealing other developers software and including in the Apple stable of software as an (often) inferior implementation. Screw jailbreaking. Don't buy the jail! |
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| RE: Yup, no surprise there! |
| By UltraZelda64 on 2012-05-29 00:25:24 |
| I wouldn't necessarily call it Apple's thought process. More like their desire to own and control both their devices and their users. |
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| RE: Stupid |
| By WorknMan on 2012-05-29 00:54:28 |
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> Why support this awful company with their history of human rights abuses and their terrible walled garden? Why not support a more open company and buy some of the superior and cheaper Android alternatives? As soon as the 'superior' Android tablets get a port of this: http://liine.net/en/products/lem... - and this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M... - and this - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a... I'll happily sell my iPad and trade it for an Android tablet. Ideology will only get you so far. At the end of the day, it is (and always has been) about getting shit done. And let's face it, iOS has the bigger and more varied selection of apps right now, unfortunately. Edited 2012-05-29 00:54 UTC |
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| RE[2]: Stupid |
| By bannor99 on 2012-05-29 03:59:03 |
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We were "getting shit done" long before the iPad and its iApps showed up. There may always be a better way, but we got a hell of a lot done before Apple figured out how to properly multitask. |
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| RE[2]: Stupid |
| By Mystilleef on 2012-05-29 06:09:06 |
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> Ideology will only get you so far. At the end of the day, it is (and always has been) about getting shit done. And let's face it, iOS has the bigger and more varied selection of apps right now, unfortunately. Does that mean you use Windows on your laptop or desktop because it has the bigger and more varied selections of software right now, unfortunately? Edited 2012-05-29 06:09 UTC |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE[3]: Stupid |
| By audun on 2012-05-29 08:07:00 |
| I use Windows on my MacBook Pro because Visual Studio, IIS and MS SQL Server only works with Windows. I use it in VirtualBox btw, but it's still Windows.. |
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| RE[3]: Stupid |
| By Morgan on 2012-05-29 10:31:50 |
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> Of course the software developed there is totally unusable for those of us using sane, modern concepts like alphabets. I believe that is one of the most racist things I've ever read on this site. I'm actually considering buying one of those "language impaired" tablets. Under $100 for a 1.2GHz capacitive touchscreen tablet that can also boot Linux-ARM? It's a no-brainer! Many thanks to WereCatf for the heads up on the source for those tablets. |
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| RE[2]: Stupid |
| By tidux on 2012-05-29 15:45:39 |
| What good is "getting shit done" if you enslave yourself to do it? |
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| RE[4]: Stupid |
| By phoenix on 2012-05-29 20:00:24 |
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> IIS and MS SQL Server You poor, poor thing, having to use those monstrocities. :( Where should we send the sympathy cards and flowers? :) |
| - Score: 2 |
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