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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Yeah, I agree, which is why I pointed out that using the example of Microsoft deactivating illegal copies of Windows isn't an apt analogy in this case, but if you compare the iPhone to the Xbox (where the respective companies produce both the hardware and firmware/software involved), it makes for a much better comparison:
Hack your Xbox: Microsoft bans you from Live and voids your warranty, but otherwise your Xbox still works fine.
Hack your iPhone: Apple turns your iPhone into an unusable paperweight.
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In truth, I think that it's because MS has no way of bricking the XBox remotely, that is why they don't do that. If you have a softmod, you don't want to log onto XBox Live! because it will attempt to upgrade your firmware, effectively removing the mod, since the mod is really just a hacked version of a legit BIOS. If you have a hardmod, MS can't do anything other than ban you on their end, since the modchip cannot be flashed by the MS FW updater. But that is just my speculation.
I've never agreed with Apple's closed nature approach to their intellectual property. That killed them in the PC battle way back vs. IBM & IBM-compatible clones despite having a larger initial install base and it killed them with IEEE1394 (i.e Firewire) with USB now really leading the market, despite the former being a better technology IMO. They just have such a superior product and superior marketing for the "i" series product line that they can more or less do anything they want. Because despite what they do, people will keep buying their products.