RSS feediTold you so
Can’t help feeling all the mock outrage about hacked iPhones being bricked by Apple’s latest update is a little unnecessary. It’s simple: you fucked with your phone, and you knew you were invalidating the warranty. Deal with it.
I get that people want to use third party apps and generally I do support devices being open and flexible. The sooner the mobile industry moves away from network exclusivity and locked handsets, the better. But for now, like it or not, that’s how these companies make their money and they’re sticking with it. You took a gamble and lost, so enough of the wailing and chest-beating. If I hacked my PS2 to fry eggs as well as play games, could I still take it back to the shop when it broke?
Apple’s recent conduct has been, well, almost Microsoftian, and that’s kinda worrying. Let’s hope they return to the light side soon enough. But I’m with them on this. Seriously, if you want an open-source platform to hack around with, install Ubuntu. Don’t get an iPhone.
[Clearly, I'm not talking about people whose phone has been nerfed due to no fault of their own. That's far more worrying, and raises even more questions about Apple's shoddy QA - which is probably the one thing giving me second thoughts.]
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