You may own the device, but everything running on top of it is part of a service in control of Apple.
It would be great if vendors would be mandated to clearly separate communication about the product and the services on top, so they would have to compete again on actual product functionality, but so far it's not the case...
Unlocking/jailbreaking/installing your own software should be legal. I own the device, I should be able to do with it as I please without breaking cybersecurity laws. The issue is this covers IP/Platform Code and covers jailbreaking as that’s a form of reverse engineering in violation of the agreement you signed when you bought the device. It fucking sucks.
No, you definitely don't own Apple's developer portal or any related infrastructure. If you did, then you wouldn't have anything to complain about, you could just fix it.
And of course you don't own iOS -- were you under any impression otherwise?
I don't really understand this culture of buyers remorse. If you don't buy FOSS, you don't get FOSS.
You may own the device, but everything running on top of it is part of a service in control of Apple.
It would be great if vendors would be mandated to clearly separate communication about the product and the services on top, so they would have to compete again on actual product functionality, but so far it's not the case...
Unlocking/jailbreaking/installing your own software should be legal. I own the device, I should be able to do with it as I please without breaking cybersecurity laws. The issue is this covers IP/Platform Code and covers jailbreaking as that’s a form of reverse engineering in violation of the agreement you signed when you bought the device. It fucking sucks.
This seems more like a case of: you don't own other people's web servers.
No, more like you don’t own your OS. I definitely have physical ownership of their “server”.
No, you definitely don't own Apple's developer portal or any related infrastructure. If you did, then you wouldn't have anything to complain about, you could just fix it.
And of course you don't own iOS -- were you under any impression otherwise?
I don't really understand this culture of buyers remorse. If you don't buy FOSS, you don't get FOSS.
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