some great comments on jailbreaking and rooting this week on LIM. It is a subject that seems to bring up many different emotions. Where do you stand?

"I think that Apple are going about this the wrong way. Rather than reacting to the jailbreak community by trying to stop them they should embrace their ideas. (They have done this with a few developers.) Jailbreakers are not 'evil' Android users but actually Apple customers and fans. I don't think that many people jailbreak because there are apps which they can't get through the official store. Rather it is to unlock a feature which enhances the use of the device.

 The irony is that because Apple are so anal about controlling people's devices they feed the desire to jailbreak or leave the platform altogether. As they say, it's like cutting off your nose to spite your face."

"Jail-breaking isn't breaking copy protection. Who's copying what?

 If I own a device I should be allowed to wipe it and put whatever I like on it.

 Apple's opened the door for crap like Microsoft's plans to lock the PC bootloader to prevent people installing Linux etc. Not to mention Sony getting people jailed for helping PS3 owners to install Linux; even though the console was sold advertised with that capabillity and Sony later decide to remove it.

 It should be illegal to prevent users from using their hardware device as they like. If not illegal then it should be commercial suicide, but people put up with it and even convince themselves that it's better that way!

 I was given an iPod Touch four years ago. I loved the hardware but got very frustrated at all the things it couldn't do just because Apple wouldn't let it. I sold it cheap and doubt I'll ever have another Apple device.

 I don't believe anyone will write 'big' sogtware for jail-broken phones because the market just isn't big enough, so there'll always be software you just can't get on the iPhone whether or not you jail-break."