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Originally Posted by willravel
Obviously they're not familiar with Apple. Apple products are designed and built not to need to be modified.
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And that is the essential problem with Apple. Somehow they missed the memo that people-especially tech savvy skilled computer users who are likely to spend $600/$400 on a phone-like to screw with things to make them do what THEY want them to do, not necessarily what something was originally designed to do. People like to be able to customize interfaces and options and add new programs and options. It personalizes a device, a device which ought to do what the USER wants it to do, not what Steve Jobs wants it to do. I have no idea why they're so pissy about third party applications on the thing. It doesn't make sense to me.
Now, hacking it off the AT&T network is quite another problem, and I certainly appreciate why the feel obligated to protect their contractual obligation. Those people were creative, but ought not have expected anything else. I would think that if the problem became too prevalent that Apple might be liable to AT&T, but I'm not exactly sure how their contract works.