wired.com— Many people seem to think Apple is deliberately "bricking" hacked iPhones with a software update as payback for users having the temerity to hack the devices.
Oct 3, 2007View in Crawl 4
Exactly. I have an offer for the $600 iPhone buyers who feel ripped off over the price drop:"Here’s my offer: someone who has an iPhone they paid $599 for and is upset about only getting $100 of it back can sell me their iPhone for $499. Between my extra $100 and their store credit, they can buy a whole new iPhone for $399 and have gotten $200 back. But, I want you to arrange for 20 of your friends to be there cheering me on when I hand you the check. I also want you to arrange a rotation of five friends to show up at my house each weekday to gaze awestruck at my new toy and ask if they can touch it. Oh yeah, and I want your sister to ask if she can use it if she sleeps with me. I think that’s worth $100."So far, no takers.
There's a place for all the hacker nerds out there. It's called the "PC world." Leave us fanboys in our Mac world, and head over to the PC world and you can hack anything and everything to your heart's content. You can make your own mutt computers and other devices and giggle with glee that you can play Mario Bros. on your phone.
csixty4Oct 4, 2007
Exactly. I have an offer for the $600 iPhone buyers who feel ripped off over the price drop:"Here’s my offer: someone who has an iPhone they paid $599 for and is upset about only getting $100 of it back can sell me their iPhone for $499. Between my extra $100 and their store credit, they can buy a whole new iPhone for $399 and have gotten $200 back. But, I want you to arrange for 20 of your friends to be there cheering me on when I hand you the check. I also want you to arrange a rotation of five friends to show up at my house each weekday to gaze awestruck at my new toy and ask if they can touch it. Oh yeah, and I want your sister to ask if she can use it if she sleeps with me. I think that’s worth $100."So far, no takers.
koldkompressOct 4, 2007
Obviously your name escapes you.
lharrodOct 4, 2007
"Pre-emptive strike"? Someone needs to step away from the Xbox.
lharrodOct 4, 2007
Apple screwed up = yesApple intentionally bricked their own products = of course not
lharrodOct 4, 2007
There's a place for all the hacker nerds out there. It's called the "PC world." Leave us fanboys in our Mac world, and head over to the PC world and you can hack anything and everything to your heart's content. You can make your own mutt computers and other devices and giggle with glee that you can play Mario Bros. on your phone.