Comment by willis936
4 years ago
>All hardware is paperweight without software.
You miss the point. I can buy an x86 machine and run Windows or a FOSS OS or any number of unix clones or hell even write my own OS. From the outset I can say I own the hardware.
You can't say the same for Apple hardware. Even if the act of jailbreaking as a specific case is not considered illegal, you have to do many illegal things if you want to pwn an Apple device enough to run another OS on it.
> You miss the point. I can buy an x86 machine and run Windows or a FOSS OS or any number of unix clones or hell even write my own OS. From the outset I can say I own the hardware.
You are more than welcome to use an x86 machine as your cell phone, but I don't think most people would choose to. If we're talking about comparable hardware, even m1 macs allow you to run alternative operating systems [1] on it so this isn't a valid point.
You could write your own OS on an desktop computer and it'd be a significantly easier process than doing so for an iPhone which has a locked bootloader, but that doesn't mean that you can't. Just that it's tremendously difficult and low value proposition. Privilege escalation on a jailbroken iPhone is typically about as much as people want. Why would they buy an iPhone over a device with an unlocked bootloader otherwise?
> You can't say the same for Apple hardware. Even if the act of jailbreaking as a specific case is not considered illegal, you have to do many illegal things if you want to pwn an Apple device enough to run another OS on it.
What laws do I have to break to pwn an Apple device enough to run another OS on it? Jailbreaking [2] is protected by a DMCA exception.
[1] https://asahilinux.org/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailbreaking_(iOS)#United_Stat...
> you have to do many illegal things if you want to pwn an Apple device enough to run another OS on it.
Can’t think of a single one, elaborate please?