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This isn't jailbreaking a phone, it's just sideloading apps. Jailbreaking on iOS is commonly used as a means of sideloading, but don't conflate the concepts. I
by irons 16y ago
This isn't jailbreaking a phone, it's just sideloading apps. Jailbreaking on iOS is commonly used as a means of sideloading, but don't conflate the concepts.
If Microsoft is really going to prohibit its hardware manufacturers from throwing up roadblocks to sideloading, the way AT&T does with its Android phones, then good for Microsoft, but this story doesn't include any details on that point.
edit: It's pretty slimy to reappropriate the word "unlock" in a mobile context. It conventionally means "convert a phone to run on a compatible carrier's network", not "convert a phone to run non-Microsoft-approved apps." Unlocking a WP7 device now has two distinct definitions.
- tjogin 16y agoWhat are the probable consequences of allowing sideloading apps though? It'd mean that you could pirate apps without jailbreaking the device, right? Why would they want to allow that? On iOS devices, you have to jailbreak your device, and tolerate the mess that comes with that, in order to pirate. I think most people simply don't want to bother with pirating on iOS simply because it's so messy, compared to the legit way. Also, Microsoft are going to make themselves look like assholes when it turns out they're not going to allow actual jailbreaking/unlocking after all. I just don't get this.