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		colinplamondon on April 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Doctorow: Why I won't buy an iPad I don't get the whining- jailbreak the damn thing! It takes five minutes with a single click GUI front end. Are there really that many budding hackers who can't be bothered to google 'program on an ipad'?

sstrudeau on April 2, 2010 [–]

It is also illegal. If Apple didn't go to pains to prevent jailbreaking (and therefore make jailbreaking the device a violation of the DMCA) Doctorow's entire point would be moot, IMO.

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