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    iPhone 2.2.1 Pwnage Jailbreak Is Here

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    Image of tamoko tamoko
    12/16/08

    In reply to Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak
    Well this is a royal turd... But it makes sense, at least from a branding and intellectual property perspective. Let's hope the Dev Team gets cracking ob this fast.. I can't live without my cracked apps and Doom on the train.
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    12/16/08

    In reply to Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak
    Given that Apple is in a stated cat and mouse war with jailbreakers, why would anyone be surprised when the cat swipes its paw at the mouse? if you're going to cat-and-mouse with a wily mouse, you might as well be a wily cat.
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    Image of JeffEd JeffEd
    12/16/08

    In reply to Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak
    I'm so fed up with them. I'm glad I sold their stock when I did. They're going to start sinking before too long. They piss everyone off, and they have become far more obsessed with form that function. D**NIT!
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    Image of madog madog
    12/16/08

    @JeffEd: This is a perfect example of how Apple is obsessed with function in a bad way. If they weren't, then you could install Leopard on any $100 box and feel free to run any application on their phone to reduce battery life and otherwise mess with it's intended design and functions.
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    Image of Kyle Garrett Adams Kyle Garrett Adams
    12/16/08

    In reply to Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak
    good. iphone is perfect the way it is in the first place. no need to jailbreak it.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    12/16/08

    @Den-O:


    Prop 8 passes:


    Kyle Garrett Adams

    12:42 AM


    good. marriage is perfect the way it is in the first place. no need to gaybreak it.

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    Image of Joe Rider Joe Rider
    12/16/08

    In reply to Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak
    this is why I can never go mac.. despite running a bit better and looking sleeker, they don't let you mess with anything.. god forbid we modify their perfect product..
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    Image of madog madog
    12/16/08

    @Joe Rider: Well it's a good thing you don't have a Mac and an iPhone that's jailbroken because this only affects those people.
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    12/16/08

    In reply to Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak
    This is almost as wasteful as the war on drugs.
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    Image of ALT ALT
    12/16/08

    @-daddy-: Let's make a PWNAGE CZAR!!! hahahaha
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    12/16/08

    @ALT:


    Seriously, Dev Team, appoint someone with this title. Release faux press conferences on youtube, etc... It's brilliant.

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    Image of ab3 ab3
    12/16/08

    In reply to Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak
    Wow I think this is the first time I have ever said that I am glad I have a pc with XP.
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    Image of madog madog
    12/16/08

    @ab3: What a great and stupid reason to not like Apple. There are plenty of other perfectly good reasons to dislike them but you have chosen the most idiotic.
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    Image of Roxas13th Roxas13th
    12/16/08

    @ab3: XP rocks, but nothing really to do with this..
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    12/16/08

    @madog: I don't think he actually said he hates Apple, but that he is glad he is running XP, the two are not mutually exclusive.


    When I read this, I said to myself "what dicks, i'm glad I have XP". And, really, this seems like a pretty ok reason to have negative feelings towards Apple. It's a totally unnecessary dick move on their part.


    The whole fight against jailbreaking borders on silly; they should know by now that they simply will not stop this from happening and will likely only alienate people, like myself, who are interested in getting a Mac if it weren't for their unreasonable pricing.

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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    12/16/08

    @Roxas13th: Fact.
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    Image of Dara Moghaddam Dara Moghaddam
    12/16/08

    In reply to Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak
    I effing hate Apple, haha, glad I don't own a mac
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    Image of madog madog
    12/16/08

    @Dara Moghaddam: Yes, because a company trying to protect their assets is evil and horrible. Fail Troll fails.
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    Image of Colin Bean Colin Bean
    12/16/08

    @madog: Yes, because a company that claims so much openness and a model that "isn't Windows" is doing exactly what Microsoft used to do: tie everything together in a neat little package and hold it. If Microsoft had a phone and did this, everyone would be raving about how bad it was, but since it's Apple, it must be OK.
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    Image of madog madog
    12/16/08

    @Colin Bean: Apple has never been about openness and always about closed system tied in only to their hardware. Otherwise, Leopard would legally be allowed to be installed on non-Apple hardware, and Apple wouldn't have put an end to clones. They didn't even want to make their first computer with ports as to not allow people to even plug in third party hardware to their systems.


    They refuse to be like Windows in that they close their software up so they don't have to worry about supporting 100 different hardware manufacturers. It has always been as such and none of this should really surprise anyone.

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    Image of madog madog
    12/16/08

    @madog: Windows used to prevent other web browsers from being installed on their OS. While that may be somewhat similar to this, Apple is merely not allowing unauthorized software on their phone as they have already allowed third party software on it through the App store; ultimately they're attempting to prevent the unauthorized use of unlocking the iPhone as to protect their and AT&T's assets, which is done also through the Ownage tools but hasn't been perfected for the 3G (yet). This is just a quick and easy method for them to counter the devteam's inevitable goal.


    I'm not saying I condone Apple here (though it doesn't affect me), but I'm just trying to explain that this doesn't seem strange or unusual to me as it has always been Apple's stance. As I replied to another post, there are plenty of perfectly good reasons to not like Apple. This reason just seems stupid and moot as it has always been.

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    Image of Darthvinder Darthvinder
    12/16/08

    @madog:


    Hmm, 27 replies. Apparently Fail Troll Succeeds.

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    Image of reluttr reluttr
    12/16/08

    @Darthvinder: obviously your the troll. I mean HOW else did your comment add to the debate?
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    Image of Darthvinder Darthvinder
    12/16/08

    @reluttr:


    Erm, what debate? I agreed that it was a troll and it did a pretty good job of attracting passionate responses from people from something as stupid as "lol apple sux." And it's a valid response to someone saying "fail troll fails," because apparently the dude did a pretty good job at trolling.

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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    11/03/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Disable Pwnage Tool, Open Second Front in War on Jailbreaking
    Apple. As open as they always were.
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    Image of Aturayd Aturayd
    11/03/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Disable Pwnage Tool, Open Second Front in War on Jailbreaking
    I think you Mac users have battered wife syndrome. There is no other reason why you defend apple after they pull stunts like this over and over and over again.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/03/08

    @Aturayd: That assumes people give a f&ck when they don't. Most people don't jailbreak, and those that do understand the cat and mouse of it. Based on who cares, it'd be more like battered elfin wife syndrome.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/03/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Disable Pwnage Tool, Open Second Front in War on Jailbreaking
    There really is nothing like being told what to do with property one owns outright.
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    Image of 15sunrises 15sunrises
    11/03/08

    In reply to New MacBooks Disable Pwnage Tool, Open Second Front in War on Jailbreaking
    I can't even come up with an approximate over/under for when they're going to hack it. Chances are, it'll be pretty quick.
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    Image of J France J France
    11/03/08

    @15sunrises: 3,2,1... and...


    I'll be curious to see if this is deliberate or an ill intended side effect.


    Now that there is the direct revenue stream that Jailbreaking somewhat usurps it seems Apple will be a bit less ambivalent towards it all.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/03/08

    @J France: Come ON. What are the odds that this is a software glitch? Not high.
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