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What if you got a used phone or tablet though? Are you just supposed to throw it away to the trash and get another one because the manufacturer doesn't approve
by realusername 5y ago
What if you got a used phone or tablet though? Are you just supposed to throw it away to the trash and get another one because the manufacturer doesn't approve you using it? And what about devices which aren't supported anymore?
- bombcar 5y agoI think an interesting attack on this loophole would be a law that requires that the relevant signing keys/bootloader access be opened 1-3 years after official support for the hardware ends. Sure this would complicate things a bit (Apple would have to have different keys for different hardware revisions), but it would allow devices to be "officially" jailbroken after support ends.
- gjsman-1000 5y agoLike this, I would really support this. However, Apple would probably point out the Third World countries might have more obsolete devices coupled with more oppressive governments and that puts them at more risk or something.
- realusername 5y agoobsolete devices aren't maintained anymore, the only security you get against known attacks is provided by the community, not from Apple.
- zepto 5y agoI would support opening it as soon as the first unsupported software release is made available.
- rodgerd 5y agoThat would be great in theory, but in practice it's far more straightforward to run an iOS device for many, many years (supported by Apple, no less) than to run a device that ships with Android.