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Q1: Does anyone here at HN have connections to 1 Infinite Loop? I am more than curios because all this talk these fast few days is doing damage to the brand an
by quizbiz 17y ago
Q1: Does anyone here at HN have connections to 1 Infinite Loop?
I am more than curios because all this talk these fast few days is doing damage to the brand and there has to be at least an unofficial statement, off the record talk... I suppose that I am looking for light at the end of the tunnel.
Q2: How can we go about convincing Google to put their app on Cydia?
- jrockway 17y agoQ2: How can we go about convincing Google to put their app on Cydia? I doubt they care this much. Jailbreaking your iPhone is questionably legal, and it's not worth the risk to Google just to let their competitor use their free service. Want Google stuff on your phone? Get a Google phone.
- quizbiz 17y agoOh, I think they care for better and for worse. Google has already proved it is very interested in controlling (or to put more politely, to be a part of) as much of our life's data as possible. When we are not at our computers and we want to connect to the world around us, we use our phones. Their mission statement is to organize the world's information. Google Voice bridges the gap between voice and text, search, sort, etc. I'm not sure how much legal trouble will come from leaking the app (to the open source community[?]).
- nudded 17y agoThere is already an app on cydia using the GV api. (it's free)
- sant0sk1 17y agoMy co-worker told me that Google's app is already on Cydia. Can anybody confirm?
- diskrete 17y agoHow about getting people to release apps as source code? Those who want to put anything we like on our iPhones pay $100 for a developer cert, but after that could install anything we want, without the hassles of jailbreaking. Just think of it as adding $100 to the cost of the phone. This would open up regular iPhones to 3rd-party apps that bypass the App Store.