09-12-2019, 06:31 PM
They don’t go to HUGE lengths to stop jailbreaking. They patch jailbreaks as they occur. Several jailbreak features have turned into iOS features, like drag-down-to-refresh.
I think they keep jailbreaking to a minimum so that the amount of developer time spent on nonconforming/nonrevenue apps is minimized. A firm policy on jailbreaks also prevents the proliferation of in-app ad blockers, which are a core source of revenue for the developers on the App Store. There may also be contracts (or the expectation) from the cell carriers that data usage will be in conformance with the OS design.
I had a jailbroken 4S for a while and loved the fact that you could share WiFi or cell data via Bluetooth. It’s the only jailbreak feature I liked that hasn’t been incorporated into iOS.
I think they keep jailbreaking to a minimum so that the amount of developer time spent on nonconforming/nonrevenue apps is minimized. A firm policy on jailbreaks also prevents the proliferation of in-app ad blockers, which are a core source of revenue for the developers on the App Store. There may also be contracts (or the expectation) from the cell carriers that data usage will be in conformance with the OS design.
I had a jailbroken 4S for a while and loved the fact that you could share WiFi or cell data via Bluetooth. It’s the only jailbreak feature I liked that hasn’t been incorporated into iOS.