Here are my top 10 reasons to not jailbreak my iPod touch. Please don’t flame me in the comments.
- I like new stuff. I want to be able to jump on the latest firmware as soon as it goes live. I don’t like waiting for the Dev Team to find a new workaround every time.
- I want complete backups. I want iTunes to back everything up, every single time. When you jailbreak and sync, your mods aren’t backed up. Since iTunes (on my computer, at least) is constantly crashing and stores data like a sieve stores sand, I need as many safeguards as I can get for my data. Also, switching devices (if I ever get a new iPod) will be a major pain.
- I hate lag. I’ve seen iPhones where you have to wait 30 seconds before the Phone app opens.
- Backgrounder? See previous reason. Besides, my iPod barely handles a single app at a time.
- Apple does it better. Copy and paste and multitasking, anyone?
- I hate bugs. When something goes wrong on my clean iPod touch, I know who to blame: Apple. And I know who to call: Apple. After you jailbreak and install a bunch of unofficial plugins, patches, hacks, and software, who knows what went wrong?
- SBSettings? I don’t need to change my brightness every 30 seconds. I don’t find entertainment in swiping the Wi-Fi switch across the screen. Do you?
- I want a polished UI. It certainly feels like most of the people writing Cydia apps specialize in command prompts, not GUI design.
- Who needs Cydia? Maybe jailbreaking was fun and thrilling in the pre-2.0 days, but with the App Store, I can get pretty much anything I could possible need or want — sans Wobble iBoobs.
- I like developers. Why should I pirate apps if it doesn’t support the people who invest their time and money into making great software?
What are your top reasons to jailbreak / not to jailbreak? Share them with us in the comments.
P.S. “Hey, look! I can listen to Pandora, Last.fm, and my the music app with this ugly chrome skin while watching YouTube, surfing the web, changing my screen brightness, downloading 1,000 pirated fart applications, and applying a new theme with colors that are so badly matched they’ll burn your eyes out — all at the same time! And my battery lasts up to 15 minutes!”
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