Hackulous shut down

Good I say! :p Apps aren't expensive - Never really understood the need for pirating them...

Still would like a jailbreak for the latest iOS and hardware... the new "Auxo" multitasking tool looks awesome :)
 
The main reason for jail breaking is to have access to the ability to customise your iPhone the way you want it. Only plebs with a single brain cell would jb for the sole intention of downloading cracked and pirated apps. Jb'ing is much, much more than being able to pinch stuff you would otherwise need to pay for. And for that reason the demise of Hackulous has more far reaching implications that many who dont understand what it actually involves can't really grasp.
 
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pioneer2000 said:
Lol. Just wait for all the jail breakers disappearing now that the only real reason to jailbreak disappears.
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Wow if you only jailbroke to pirate, then you've missed out big time :p There is so much more to jailbreaking than getting your 69p games for free :p
 
Draeger said:
The main reason for jail breaking is to have access to the ability to customise your iPhone the way you want it. Only plebs with a single brain cell would jb for the sole intention of downloading cracked and pirated apps. Jb'ing is much, much more than being able to pinch stuff you would otherwise need to pay for. And for that reason the demise of Hackulous has more far reaching implications that many who dont understand what it actually involves can't really grasp.
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I would like to think that people JB to customise but majority this is....

....the real world and people get apps for free.
 
It's pathetic to try to deny that the vast majority of people were so desperate to jailbreak just to get free apps and games. So many supposed "useful tweaks" were either buggy or totally gimmicky... SBsettings, barrel, the gravity icons one, the retina tweak to enable better quality 2x screens... etc etc. All a load of tosh that you'd spend ages getting off Cydia (when it worked properly) and then stop using about 10 minutes afterwards.

Jailbreaking involved 3 things for most people - 1) JB, 2) Add hackulos source, 3) get Installous.
 
Vitruviux said:
Do you know how much garbage there is in the App Store?

Pirating them was a good way of trying them before buying, which I did... for the most apps. There are also some developers that are plain greedy... "uhh, others are selling their apps for .99c but I'm going to put 7.99 on this app and sell it."

This is a serious blow to the iPhone IMO, people don't realize just how much power piracy has to push the hardware sales. You want a good example? Look at Sony and their falling sales due to them locking their hardware.

Jailbreak is also absent for iOS 6...

If this continues and jailbreaking/piracy scene dies on the iPhone, look for the iPhone sales numbers to start falling and Android numbers to start going up.

I wonder why are all these developers leaving? Did they switch to Android? Lose interest?
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I don't think it's all that common for people to jailbreak their iPhone. I work with about 10 people, all of whom are tech savvy (web design / developers) and none of us has bothered.
 
Sagalout said:
I don't think it's all that common for people to jailbreak their iPhone. I work with about 10 people, all of whom are tech savvy (web design / developers) and none of us has bothered.
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Same here. I think people must get bored or something, why buy a phone that you're not satisfied with anyway?
 
There are other ways to 'pirate' apps but it involves using a paid developer account.

I miss JB for the chance to use the odd cool tweak such as Auxo when iOS didn't have the functionality built-in.
 
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