NEWS: Did QuickPWN.com Rip Off The Dev Team’s iPhone Jailbreak?
Jun/092
Thanks to Gadget Cracker reader RagnaParadise for sharing this enlightening info:
QuickPwn.com Profits on iPhone Jailbreak With Microsoft Ads
Google Adsense Abuse for iPhone Jailbreak Software QuickPwn
UPDATE: Thanks to GC reader Will Benson for commenting below. His blog has an interesting perspective on this topic and it lead me to this forum thread that I think is worth sharing here as well. Thanks Will!
It also doesn’t sit well with me that QuickPWN’s site did not mention RedSn0w and rejected comments mentioning it as an alternative for quite some time after it was available (they do mention RedSn0w now that it’s clear QuickPWN is history).
You decide! Just reporting here, not judging. But with that said, I will be replacing all my QuickPWN bookmarks with direct links to the Dev Teams blog where you can always get the latest jailbreak/unlocking tools right from the source!
Oh, and don’t forget the Gadget Cracker article ‘No QuickPWN? No Problem! OS 3.0 Jailbreak for iPhone’ if you need help using RedSn0w!
Peace.
-GC
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9:35 AM on June 26th, 2009
I wrote a blog about this (blog.willbenson.com) but YES…he did rip off the devs. I know the dev team DEFINITELY feels this is true.
11:18 AM on June 26th, 2009
Thanks. In fact it was only 2 days ago that I have decided to be more proactive in exposing the unscrupulous acts of the QuickPWN team, or so they claim to be.
The Dev Team has expressed anger over the actions of the QuickPWN team, because they have gained money from the absurd number of Google AdSense advertisements placed all over the site.
Also a thing to note: While the legality of jailbreaking is still being argued over, unlocking the iPhone for use with other carriers (whatever it may be) is perfectly legal. Stated under one of the anti-circumvention exemptions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, “Computer programs in the form of firmware that enable wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telephone communication network, when circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of lawfully connecting to a wireless telephone communication network.” This exemption will expire this year (3-year period for exemption; approved 2006) so it remains unseen, but EFF sure is arguing that jailbreaking is beneficial. Let’s hope for the best. (: