How Apple’s iOS 7 helped me kick my jailbreaking addiction

“I’ve had iPhones for years, but I’ve never really been keen on using one that wasn’t jailbroken,” Killian Bell writes for Cult of Mac. “As much as I love iOS, some of Apple’s decisions always kept my iPhone from working exactly how I wanted it to.”

“Jailbreaking gave me the ability to sidestep those limitations and make iOS my own,” Bell writes. “While I was frustrated that Apple wasn’t making major changes to improve its platform, I was happy that I could make them myself using unauthorized third-party tweaks.”

“Then I started using iOS 7, and everything changed,” Bell writes. “iOS has finally reached the point where everything you need from a mobile platform is baked into it. There is certainly room for advancement, but the time and effort it takes to maintain a jailbroken device is no longer worth the few improvements you get by taking matters into your own hands.”

Read more in the full article here.

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