While not that interested anymore, I used to be really into the iOS jailbreaking scene, more specifically writing and testing tweaks/tools used post-jailbreak.

While not that interested anymore, I used to be really into the iOS jailbreaking scene, more specifically writing and testing tweaks/tools used post-jailbreak. This was back around iOS 5 (2012-ish), when names like Cydia, Saurik, Redsn0w and unc0ver were commonplace. I guess they are not anymore. Back then, Jailbreaking was not commercial in the same way it is now, no money prices, large teams, etc. It was just a few dedicated, talented individuals working in small groups, backed by a community very eager to jailbreak. I remember I showed off dark mode on iOS around 6-7 years before it became an official feature. The main point of jailbreaking for me was actually to "fix" a lot of broken shit in iOS, and significantly improve usability. After a while, that I kind off became less and less relevant, as important (to me) features like dark mode got native, change the lockscreen, and similar things. Also, performance on iphones and iOS got so good there was no longer any point to disable animations and other things I used to tamper with to give the illusion of increasing performance. They were good days! I remember hard refreshing /r/jailbreak hundred times a day because "a jailbreak for iOS 1x is 'right around the corner'".