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> “We anticipated that people would attempt to unlock the phones and explore the underlying operating system. We encourage people to use their Windows Phone as
by patrickaljord 16y ago
> “We anticipated that people would attempt to unlock the phones and explore the underlying operating system. We encourage people to use their Windows Phone as supplied by the manufacturer to ensure the best possible user experience. Attempting to unlock a device could void the warranty, disable phone functionality, interrupt access to Windows Phone 7 services or render the phone permanently unusable.”
In what way is that embracing? They can't legally prohibit it so voiding the warranty is the most they can do.
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- cullenking 16y agoI placed embraces in quotes for this reason. There is a big difference from actually embracing something and admitting that it can't be policed effectively anyway. I would say they fully embrace it if they ever release detailed documentation for hackers, provide contests for cool hacks etc.
- eduardoflores 16y agoThe article never says that MS embraces jailbreaking. Keeping the original title "Microsoft: we can’t stop you from jailbreaking Windows Phone 7" would make more sense, since it would be pointless to argue on this, and would have kept the article's gist.
- orangecat 16y agoSadly, not arguing that jailbreaking should be a federal crime is a step up from Apple.
- irons 16y agoSideloading ≠ jailbreaking. Microsoft isn't taking a position on jailbreaking by any definition that existed prior to this morning. They're merely tolerating sideloaded apps, which removes one incentive for jailbreaking.
- tjogin 16y agoCan you provide a source for when Apple argued/suggested that?
- orangecat 16y agohttp://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking-illegal http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking...
- irons 16y ago... a case they appropriately lost, as you're aware. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/apple-loses-big-in-drm-ruling-jailbreaks-are-fair-use.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/apple-loses-...