Apple still says no to jailbreaking iPhones
It is now officially legal to jailbreak your phone in the US, after a move by the Library of Congress to revise the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but Apple is still staunchly against the idea, claiming it will brick your jailbroken phone because it loves you, wants you to be happy, and wants to save the world from bad men.
Apple previously claimed that jailbreaking a phone was illegal under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which it hoped would stop its customers installing different versions of its OS, running unsupported applications, switching to a network it doesn't have a large dollar deal with, or switching to the rival OS, Google's Android. It's illegal and you'll go to jail, it claimed.
And now it's not, but that's not stopping the fruity party line. It might not be illegal now, but Apple still thinks it's immoral and the jailbreaking sinners must repent now or face eternal damnation. You see, souls are at risk here, not just mobile phones, and Apple is looking out for us all.
