Thanks twobob, that's what I'd figured.
Please note I am ONLY mentioning piracy so as to explain. I do not condone it, nor do I do it. If it's worth having it's worth paying for, or waiting until it becomes free legitimately (if you're that tight).
I really do wish that what we're doing wasn't described as Jailbreaking.
You may ask why.
Well in theory rooting is almost the same Jailbreaking (rooting is the process of "freeing" an Android device).
However IMHO what we are doing is more like rooting than Jailbreaking.
To explain
In the case of both the Kindle and android devices it is by default perfectly easy to sideload our own books (or apps in the case of android).
What we are doing is making it so we can make tweaks to the system/interface.
Many of which should be there by default.
Jailbreaking opens a device (be it an iPhone/iPad or the PS3) to piracy as well as allowing the system/interface changes.
As both the Kindle and android devices are already wide open to this so it's not the same changes being made.
I know it's only a name but there is a large moral difference between what is being done here and what is done to the crApple devices and the PS3
(Sorry I currently work with iPads on an almost daily basis and as time has gone on my opinion of crApple has only gotten worse)
Still, it's just a name for a process by which we can make our devices better.
Last edited by Akirainblack; 01-31-2014 at 10:53 AM.
Reason: rewording
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