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I'm wondering how soon until we see OSX being jailbroken. I suspect system level choices like this are bound to continue in order to push users in the directio
by mikejarema 14y ago
I'm wondering how soon until we see OSX being jailbroken.
I suspect system level choices like this are bound to continue in order to push users in the direction of iCloud and AppStore usage (ie. vendor lock-in).
Though such moves appear draconian from our perspective, I believe Apple times such moves around when some internal metrics indicate a tipping point has happened, namely the developer backlash won't be substantial enough to affect Apple's bottom line.
It's only a matter of time before the iPhone dev team puts some effort towards serving the OSX crowd that wants to jump ship but not give up "OSX" completely.
- briandear 14y agoJail broken? What for? You can run any app you want.. Just not accidentally.
- jopt 14y agoIt's bad enough that apps are leaving the App Store because of sandboxing. You don't have to make shit up. The owner of a Mac can enable root access through the Directory Utility, completely legit, and can install and run code from any source without even doing so. Jailbreaking OS X makes no sense; there's no jail.
- mikejarema 14y agoTrue enough, and I'm probably abusing terminology here, sorry for that. It's more me wondering out loud if there will be some alternative to OSX, largely built off of OSX in order to get around limitations like sandboxing.
- jopt 14y agoThat's quite another story. If I have to write Sci-Fi: Perhaps an underground scene that use and code for older versions of OS X, patching the system themselves to get only the good parts of system updates, while staying out of Apple's redefinitions of the computing experience.