Look, I like Ars Technica as much as the next geek, but stuff like this has be about ready to remove it from my Google Reader ever-growing list of feeds:
For those unfamiliar with the concept, jailbreaking allows users to gain read-write access to a device’s entire file system and removes the limits set by Unix jail. Despite misunderstandings to the contrary, jailbreaking does not have to do with application theft, cracking, or warez. Jailbreaking simply opens up the device to a number of third-party applications, including Unix command-line utilities and many applications that do not meet the stocking requirements for Apple’s App Store. These applications are distributed by their developers through the open source Cydia project, which provides a GUI front end to Debian APT.
Don’t get me wrong, I find the fact that my cell phone runs Unix very, very cool. And I like Erica Sadun’s writing and respect her work in the field of getting the iPhone and iPod Touch to do things Apple never meant for them too, but story after story after story on jailbreaking, hacking, unlocking and pwning the iDevices is getting old. Real old.