Crippling functionality in response to jailbreaking is a bad move. Basically, you're pissing off exactly the people who have the ability to embarrass you. Just detecting jailbreaking is tremendously powerful in itself, and can be leveraged to great advantage. Crippling functionality isn't one of these ways, though.
IBooks detects jailbroken iphones
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Re: IBooks detects jailbroken iphones
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have more info on this? If true, the ability to export to ePub would induce me to buy books in kindle format. [edit: looks like there are some python scripts to do this. http://pastebin.com/f696ea728 This one claims to do the job. ]
> If true, the ability to export to ePub would induce me to buy books in kindle format. Keep in mind that by doing so you would still be supporting a consumer-hostile ecosystem.
Compared to what? I think it'd be easier/cheaper for anyone of moderate technical skill to learn how to remove DRM from a kindle book in order to duplicate it than to scan or photocopy a physical book in order duplicate it.
Re: IBooks detects jailbroken iphones
#33The lil blogger says "The Library of Congress declared that it is completely legal to jailbreak your devices."
Firstly, the Library of Congress hardle makes legal decisions, and additionally, if they did, that does not imply that a company can not lock them down.
Re: IBooks detects jailbroken iphones
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If true, the ability to export to ePub would induce me to buy books in kindle format. Keep in mind that by doing so you would still be supporting a consumer-hostile ecosystem.
Compared to what? I think it'd be easier/cheaper for anyone of moderate technical skill to learn how to remove DRM from a kindle book in order to duplicate it than to scan or photocopy a physical book in order duplicate it.
Many tech publishers sell unrestricted .mobi files if you buy directly from them. Some sci-fi publishers do as well, though most of what I read on my Kindle comes from feedbooks.com.
I didn't say don't do it; just to be aware that by buying books from Amazon, you're sending a message that you're OK with DRM.