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Most people preached the benefits of rooting make a very compelling case. And often this case is to very dumb people. Dumb people like to complain. Loudly. Rem
by timdorr 16y ago
Most people preached the benefits of rooting make a very compelling case. And often this case is to very dumb people. Dumb people like to complain. Loudly.
Remember from their perspective, 99% of all the feedback they get back (that they don't have to pay for) is negative. Therefore, they are solely concentrated on reducing that negative feedback by preventing failure in the first place. They view these protections as a way of doing that. It reduces the need for a larger support department and therefore their bottom line.
Of course, this ignores the fact that by making the methods for circumventing these protections more complex, they are creating a more error-prone process, and therefore a large support volume. But whatever, I didn't say it had to make sense.
- jrockway 16y agoThe same is true of bookshelves, cordless drills, computers, and anything else that people can buy. Someone will always find a way to fuck up the assembly, modifications, or general use. But there is no EULA on my bookshelf saying I can't modify it. So why are mobile phones different? (My guess: "because we can". Nobody has figured out how to make a bookshelf that I can't put something too heavy on. But people have figured out how to ensure I can only run Verizon's adware on my phone, so they don't cripple my bookshelf but they do cripple my phone. Follow up question: why does the market allow this? Nobody would buy a crippled bookshelf with an EULA.)
- Jach 16y agoIs your follow-up question rhetorical? Nevertheless: the market isn't rational. Plus people are used to skipping over EULAs and not reading contracts. Plus the people that actually care are a minority. Etc. etc.
- Pyrodogg 16y agoBefore and at the time of purchase most people don't think about the EULA or it's consequences. It's merely part of the shrink wrap that needs to be removed to enjoy the shiny new product. Perhaps if it were something consequential instead of something to click through it would actually affect peoples habits.
- sbov 16y agoMost EULAs are atrocious. I shouldn't need to hire a lawyer to buy a consumer product. The people making these products probably don't want them heavily enforced either. If things actually got to that point nobody would buy their products. I think they like the current status: you technically owe them your first born but still buy their products. If you do anything they don't like, they can stop you. But people still buy their stuff. Its the best of both worlds for them.
- Pyrodogg 16y ago"The people making these products probably don't want them heavily enforced either. If things actually got to that point nobody would buy their products." That's exactly my point. There currently isn't anything that forces the consumer realize what they are getting themselves into. If they did, they probably wouldn't be buying the products.