iPhone Jailbreaking becoming legal won't change void warranties policy: Apple
Following the Library of Congress's Copyright Office ruling that stated users can legally jailbreak their phones, particularly iPhone, Apple responded saying the ruling won’t change its policy of making the warranties void in case the iPhone is jailbroken. Apple has long been opposed to any alterations or meddling with its phone. The new ruling, though brings smiles on the faces of hackers, doesn’t please Apple at all.
"Apple's goal has always been to insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience," Apple said in a statement. "As we've said before, the vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones as this can violate the warranty and can cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably."
Moreover, the company said jailbreaking makes the iPhone prone to device and application instability, unreliable voice and data, shortened battery life, and unable to apply future software updates. In its support page, Apple wrote, "It is also important to note that unauthorized modification of the iOS is a violation of the iPhone end-user license agreement. Because of this, Apple may deny service for an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that has installed any unauthorized software."
However, according to the government, Jailbreaking is "innocuous at worst and beneficial at best. The new ruling, which is a part of a Digital Millennium Copyright Act, was made after Electronic Frontier Foundation asked librarian of Congress James H. Billington to examine the jailbreaking issue. Besides the smartphones, Billington also granted exemptions for DVD remixing, wireless networks, video games, computer programs on dongles, and e-books.
