I really do believe in the effectiveness of closed systems. It allowed Steve to create great products for normal people. Hell, my mom can use an iPhone but she can hardly use the computer. Why then, do I not have an open-system Android phone? Simple, the iPhone is simply better. And I have an iPad (which is also jailbroken). I like Steve’s products are so well integrated with each other (it was ingenius of him to do so) and that’s why I buy them. I also love the amount of available apps that are sure to work on Apple product, contrasting it with the Android Market who’s apps might not work on some of their phones, since there are so many different manufactures at different price ranges.
I do however, love customizing things to my preferences and that is where jailbreaking comes in. I like creating and optimizing my own experience. Maybe I’m just as OCD as Steve Jobs, but for myself. I tweaked my iPhone 4S to have more multitouch features and Siri functions. Jailbreaking is like opening a system that was once closed. I used to do it on my ghetto non-smart phones and it’s probably the main reason why I still run a PC computer. I like creating themes/icons and wallpapers. No matter what the technological product, I seem to have the hacker spirit to make it my own.
Wouldn’t it be easier if it was open in the first place? Surely it would be but that would lead to greater security risks, especially for normal people who do’t care for fancy systems. For those who do, there’s always a way to break in.
I believe closed systems create great products but opening them opens up a whole world of opportunities.
Tiana Feng 