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Tell me about it - several of my friends who aren't very tech-savvy would nevertheless go to great lengths in order to have someone jailbreak their iPhones - no
by thirdsun 14y ago
Tell me about it - several of my friends who aren't very tech-savvy would nevertheless go to great lengths in order to have someone jailbreak their iPhones - not to escape the walled garden or other greater reasons, but simply because they heard there's free stuff to get. Of course this isn't limited to software as those are the same people that haven't bought an album in years.
- mgkimsal 14y agoDid they go so far as to pay someone to jailbreak for them? Or buy a jailbreak utility?
- thirdsun 14y agoNo, they just ask, express their interest and I usually try to explain that it isn't a very good idea to jailbreak - especially if you don't know what you're doing.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI know someone who jailbroke his iPhone so he didn't have to pay for a $10 navigation app to use to navigate his $40,000 Mercedes.
- lmm 14y agoIt's weird what triggers one's aversion to spending money. I had to really struggle with myself to buy the GBP4 app that let my GPB400 tablet do the very thing I bought it for. It feels actually offensive to be asked to pay for internet, though I'll happily pay for overpriced drinks in a place that does "free" internet.
- mattgreenrocks 14y agoThere's something very wrong with people who pay $80/mo for a smartphone contract and don't want to pay $1 for an app.
- mrobataille 14y agoIt's much harder to circumvent the $80, otherwise they would.