it seems that the recent iphone firmware update that apple released has caused iphones that have been hacked to work on other networks to freeze up or cause third-party applications to stop working altogether. of course this has caused an outrage by the hackers and users of such applications, so much so that some may threaten a class-action lawsuit against apple. okay, are these people completely retarded? their lawsuits are a joke and will never hold up in court. have you people read the end-user license agreement (EULA) that you agreed to after purchasing your iphone and started using it? if so, read it again because it’s apparent that you don’t understand them! their argument is that apple is trying to tell user how they can use their iphone, which is definitely NOT the case. if you want to hack it or install third-party applications on it, do so at your heart’s content. however, apple has no obligation to support iphones that have been hacked or contain third-party applications nor are they required to make sure their updates will work with hacked iphones.
the following comments are from newsvine and the source of the original (ridiculous) article and pretty much sum up how all this whining about it is completely absurd:
At the moment Apple isn’t being sued – it is more likely this is just a fanboy venting a little steam. Not to mention a lawsuit wouldn’t work anyway. Apple has no responsibility to make sure that hacks and unauthorized programs work with their updates.
Apple’s problem is this is the sort of thing expected from other companies but not Apple. Although Apple has never supported open systems, lock down their devices with DRM and has never worried about backwords compatibility they have this perception of being some enlightened, benevolent, company that can do no wrong.
Missteps like the price cut and updates that brick the phone are beginning to reveal Apple has feet of clay. Finding out your idol isn’t made of gold stings a bit.
More useless speculation. I suppose we really ought to be allowed to use toasters in the bathtub, drive cars on the grass. After all, you bought the toaster and the car – you should be able to use it wherever you want. OK – examples are not exactly the same but the argument is. If any cellphone maker makes the phone to operate in a certain way, and within certain parameters – and you change that functionality – you have every chance of bricking a device – either due to ineptness or due to the company – via updates changing settings that result in a bricked device. Witness Microsoft’s problems with Genuine Advantage, the various game system manufacturers, and so forth.
This happens with most vendors…it seems to me the fact that it is Apple has the MS waterboys frothing at the mouth. Read your Xbox EULA. Read you Windows Vista EULA.
Why was there no outrage from the tech press & MS waterboys when MS screwed their hardware partners & the people that bought a plays for sure MP3 player? What about Verizon & the LG chocolate? No one has pulled the wool over anyone eyes here. All the limitations were stated upfront. The carrier was stated upfront. You signed a contract. You made all of those decisions. Yet, Apple is supposed to support the very small percentage of people that broke the license agreement & used various hacks on the phone. How, EXACTLY do you propose that they do that? Look at the pricing structure of Vista. What a frickin’ joke. I guess you & some of your readership don’t understand what getting screwed means. Don’t like the EULA don’t buy the product. Simple. Brake the EULA you’re on your own, just like with any other product on the planet. If you don’t own the phone why would you be here whining about it? Time to grow up.
Really this issue is absurd. Apple is right and there is no claim for a lawsuit. All cell phones are linked to a certain carrier! And all iphones were bought knowing they only worked on AT&T, you cannot complain that it only works on AT&T when you knew before you bought it “hey, this only works on AT&T.” It was Apple’s choice to make deals with other companies, in this case AT&T to help them develop and carry the product. That is what they did, without that relationship the iPhone would not exist. When you buy a product that is linked to a service you use that product for that service, it is like a cable box or any other cell phone. And also when you make modifications to any product whether it be a car or a cell phone it will void your warranty, and rightfully so. Why should apple be responsible for a phone that was loaded with a program that was created by some 15 year old kid to hack it, when that program may possibly destroy the OS of the iphone, apple’s only responsibility to warranty is to their product the way they manufactured it, once you take the risk of killing it thats pn you. You are all stupid, selfish and clueless. You want apple to cater to your needs. I want an iPhone, but since I don’t have AT&T or want to switch right now, I didn’t buy an iPhone, hey that’s common sense. In a year or two hopefully apple will expand it’s carriers and then I will buy one. You bought something with full knowledge of what it does and what service carries it, you messed with it’s software and now want apple to cover warranty issues. Apple is a corporation, their goal is to make money, as a shareholder I like that goal, they recieved help making the iPhone from cingular / At&T and in return gave them exclusive rights to it for now, it’s business. This kind of thing happens all the time so stop attacking apple. It’s like buying a bumper for a mustang and then suing ford cause you can’t use it on your civic. The product was made for one use, they never misled you any other way. Use it for that use.