The tech blogs are starting to realize that these kinds of sensationalist headlines about Apple really bring the page-hits. If they lose a few serious readers along the way, well who really cares?<p>The reality, of course, is that Apple has been doing very little to prevent the Jailbreak scene, and I'm sure those who do Jailbreak couldn't give a rat's ass about the legality of it.<p>This doesn't change how Apple approaches Jailbreaking, nor does it suddenly make jailbreaking less of a pain in the ass. And it surely doesn't change users' attitudes. In other words, nothing has changed.
I don't see this as "Apple loses big" at all. Nothing really has changed. Those who jailbreak their phone will continue to do so and Apple will continue not to support those phones.
<i>In large part, that was because the limit on jailbreaking was needed to preserve Apple's controlled ecosystem, which the company said was of great value to consumers.</i><p>They're providing value to consumers by attempting to legally restrict those same consumers from modifying products they purchased? I understand Apple's general argument about a restricted ecosystem for the typical consumer, but how is the user experience improved for someone who wants to jailbreak a phone by preventing them from doing it?
loses big! Whats apple's loses. Still its responsibility on jail breakers, apple isn't going to help. Actually jail-breaking is helping apple in same ways. That many less devices to support.