[citation][nom]r0x0r[/nom]Isn't jailbreaking legal (in the US) now? So by blocking jailbreaking Apple is blocking legal functionality on its devices.Anyway, as Marcus said, hackers gonna hack. It would be better for Apple to put a big notice that says "Jailbreaking will void your warranty" and work on something else.[/citation]
[citation][nom]r0x0r[/nom]Isn't jailbreaking legal (in the US) now? So by blocking jailbreaking Apple is blocking legal functionality on its devices.Anyway, as Marcus said, hackers gonna hack. It would be better for Apple to put a big notice that says "Jailbreaking will void your warranty" and work on something else.[/citation]
The act is legal of performing the jailbreak is legal. But there is nothing in the law (to my knowledge) that prevents Apple from trying to seal all of the holes to prevent it. Also, if the method of jailbreaking is through a security hole, they will just claim they are fixing the security hole.