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The problem with this line of reasoning is that Jailbreaking does remove a lot of protection built into the phone. I am guessing Apple could successfully (and p
by ErrantX 17y ago
The problem with this line of reasoning is that Jailbreaking does remove a lot of protection built into the phone. I am guessing Apple could successfully (and probably legitimately) argue that jailbreaking has to void warranty - because any damage resulting from installing jailbroken apps is not their responsibility. Say a virus targets jailbroken phones and rips into/destroys the hard drive. Is it reasonable to expect to be Apple responsible for replacing these phones under warranty?
If jailbreaking didn't void your warranty would more people do it? I suspect not a huge amount more.
Also; while this is well argued it is essentially wrangling a legal point - this kind of thing ends up getting stuck in court for years being decided.
- iamcalledrob 17y agoIf hardware is properly designed, then software should not be able to break it. It would be exceptionally difficult to write software that manages to physically damage a hard drive. The only thing I could think of would be constantly writing to the SSD, using up the write cycles, but that's a long shot too.