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Originally Posted by stustaff
I dont have to I could buy a different device.
I dont understand your question? My xbox 360 could play old nes games but Microsoft dont let me so Microsoft are as bad yes?
My new PS3 doesnt let me install Linux Sony are as bad yes?
I cant read ePub on my Kindle Amazon are as bad yes?
I cant put non TOMTOM maps into my TOMTOM tomtom are as bad yes?
I cant record programmes from my SKY+ box SKY are as bad yes
All of those things could be got around by doing the equivalent of jailbreaking the devices.
if YOU want a device that is more flexible dont buy any of the above or accept that you may need to mess with them to make them more flexible, many many other devices also operate in what is a perfectly standard way.
Are you so into opensource that any device that isnt is automatically bad?
Apple sell a device and people know what it does and how it works they then choose to buy it and are happy or arent and buy something else next time.
I dont get the hate for non open source. is it because Apple in particular are being sosuccesful with a non open source methodology?
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I don't get why if closed box is so good, you choose to jailbreak? I think that's a fair question. If you want to do things on a completely closed system that are not allowed, against the rules set down by the manufacturer, you should get an open system instead. They'll work longer that the cat-and-mouse between vendor and jailbreaker.
What my concern is, and I have it with all closed systems (and DRM as well), is that when something goes bad, or merely changes, you find the value of your software (which is usually more than the hardware) going right down the drain. Only then do people get upset, after it's too late.