When someone does an iPhone hack, it’s usually because they feel they are justified. The impulse generally has little to do with vandalism, but often comes from a perception that Apple is determining iPhone use in a controlling way. So hackers alter the locks and controls in iPhone programming, so they can download any iPhone application they wish. And when Apple demands that the Copyright Office declare this practice illegal, these hackers become even more determined.
Yet there can be other reasoning for hacking iPhones as well, or for the activity often known as “jailbreaking.” The author of the www.hackthatphone.com blog believes that Apple just isn’t that occupied with what its cell customers wish for, and that the corporation doesn’t even care if the programs they prefer to utilize are safe on their devices or not. This writer believes that Apple wants to hold every iPhone app in its control to preserve its particular business model, and for no other motive. However, the author professes to have seen even Apple staff utilizing iPhones that have been hacked for the reason that they don’t want to be so limited.
People who want to download an iPhone application elsewhere than Apple’s online store have another resource in a store at www.cydia.com. It’s run by Jay Freeman, with many developers contributing apps, and they generally believe that the iPhone should have the status of any other computer. This means that people should be able to place whatever programs they want on it, including iPhone software that Apple hasn’t approved. No other type of computer maker dictates what software can be run when someone has purchased one of their computers.
Apple and AT&T, which is the company that carries the iPhone in the United States, also seem to be working hand-in-glove, which people doing iPhone hacks also use as justification for what they do. They cite how Apple sometimes appears to reject an iPhone application mainly because it might affect AT&T’s profits or controls. As far as the hackers are concerned, this is monopolistic behavior that takes no thought for Apple’s actual customers, and it only increases the need for customers to hack the iPhone and take a little control of the devices they own.