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Originally Posted by carld
Hacked in seconds by the 1% or less of consumers willing and able to hack electronics. The general public, which actually determines whether is a hit or not, just doesn't like modifying devices. Even here at MR, where we do like hacking things, the percentage of people actually jailbreaking their nooks or Kindles doesn't seem to be that high.
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Interesting. Over the last couple of years, I have found less reasons to hack my devices. For example, I softrooted my first Nook when I first got it last March. I used it like that for a few days and then reverted to the stock software. Why? Because I thought the stock firmware had less functionality but was more polished, meaning it was cohesive in look and feel.
I have an iPhone which I jailbroke when I first got it. However, I reverted back to stock because, well, it didn't add any functionality I needed. Tethering was OK but I have an aircard so it didn't add anything for me.
Now, I am an IT architect by trade. I design systems for large groups of users for a living. I think that affects my enjoyment of the results of my hacking. When I hack into something, I want the added functionality to fall within the same framework as the original.
I explain it like this: if you are making an addition to your house, you want it to look like it was always part of the house. You wouldn't want to add a Victorian wing to a 1960's ranch house, I don't think. That's the way I feel about hacking and probably why I reverted the softroot.
Having said that, I am an avid user and supporter of Linux.