Cydia might be creating a new iPhone store, but unless my jailbroken iPhone stops acting like crap every time I jailbreak it, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Sure Apple’s draconian laws that govern the rules of creation for developers are lame, but at least the don’t severely mess up my phone when I install the applications they offer in the app store. Can Cydia say the same thing? I highly doubt that they will be making sure these applications don’t severely retard our phones. The last thing I need is to be told a Starbucks is just around the corner, only to find out that it’s a dead end street and the address on the map is actually in another town–oh wait, that’s already happened.
Or how about having my phone fail to actually access wifi connections. Oh, that’s happening already too. I could list a whole damn slew of really shitty things that have happened to my iPhone since my last jailbreak, but I honestly don’t feel like rehashing the emotions that I felt over the weekend while stranded in a foreign city desperately trying to find myself a Starbucks.
I guess the point I’m trying to make here is that I need stability first and foremost. Once the fine haking crew that gives us our jailbreaking apps can get that all straightened out for me, then I’ll consider paying for applications from an alternative source, but until then, I won’t be jailbreaking my phone any time in the near future. Tethering my phone to my Macbook Pro isn’t enough incentive considering the giant piece of crap my phone turned into after jailbreaking it.
Sure, Apple’s pissed at Cydia, and will likely badger the hell out of them legally to shut the whole thing down, but in my opinion not too many people will jump ship like that, and if they do, it’s only a matter of time before the return themselves to jail, without passing go as soon as possible. The incentive to jailbreak is great in theory, but just like experimenting in college, it’s only a matter of time before we return to our boring middle-middle class lifestyles.
The competition for the App Store is excellent, but there’s way too many questions that need answering before I jump on the Cydia bandwagon. Don’t do it, I’m begging you.
