A new lawsuit from the creator of the Cydia app store (Jay Freeman) for the forced iOS devices, against Apple, alleging that the App Store has a monopoly and the use of counter-tactics that have led to the freezing of Cydia and other potential competitors, why has the Cydia team filed a lawsuit against Apple now? Will we see a legal and competitive Cydia app store? And what was Apple's response to that?
In 2008 Jay Freeman, also known as Saurik, first released Cydia as an app store designed for iPhones, introducing apps a few months before Apple had its own app store. Since then, Cydia has acted as an application repository for jailbroken iPhones and iPods, making it easier to install unauthorized software on compatible devices.
Photo of the founder of the site iPhone Islam (Tariq Mansour) And (Jay FreemanCydia founder
Now Cydia joins a growing team of developers accusing Apple of monopoly and non-competitive behavior, according to the Washington Post, the lawsuit was filed last Thursday against Apple, accusing the company of using monopolistic methods to destroy Cydia before launching the App Store, which says Cydia attorneys have a monopoly on software distribution on iOS devices.
According to Cydia, if Apple did not have an "illegal monopoly" in distributing iOS applications, users would be able to choose "how and where to obtain iOS applications", and developers would also have alternative distribution methods.
Apple spokesman Fred Sainz told the Washington Post that Apple will review the lawsuit, and that Apple is not a monopoly, as evidenced by competition from Android. And Apple must also control the method of installing applications on the "iPhone" to protect customers from viruses and malware by mistake, which may be the iPhone devices are the most vulnerable devices, especially with the "application stores" of a third party.
The App Store is the only authorized way to install applications on an iPhone or iPad, which contains more than 1.8 million applications around the world. More than 28 million developers around the world use the App Store to distribute apps, and Apple earns nearly $ 15 billion in revenue from the App Store every year. Apple has a dedicated app store review team that manually reviews every application submitted to the store, along with the strict guidelines that developers must follow.
Before the “Apple App Store,” there was the Cydia App Store. Jay Freeman told the Washington Post that he developed Cydia as a way to make it easier to jailbreak iPhones and install new software to support features created by developers who wanted to create new applications and functions for the original iPhone.
And, according to his estimates, more than half of the early iPhone customers were jailbreaking their phones to use Cydia, and in 2010, 4.5 million people were searching for apps every week. In the meantime, Apple had launched its own "app store" and started making it difficult to jailbreak new iPhones, and over the years, it also added features previously only available through Cydia, chief among them the Control Center .
Freeman claims that the risk of jailbreaking is "overrated" and that it is like downloading programs from a computer. He also stated, "It is your phone and you should be free to do what you want to do with it."
You can read an article “The legal ruling of the jailbreak and crack and clarify the difference between them"
The lawsuit alleges that Apple used the term "coercive" to prevent customers from using Cydia, and with increased security, Cydia's business decreased.
Why did Cydia file a case against Apple today?
Cydia's attorney, Stephen Suedlow, says the “legal climate” has changed, making it the ideal time to file a lawsuit against Apple. Consequently, Cydia has become the "ideal claimant" in the antitrust case, as it has an alternative app store to the Apple Store. If the lawsuit succeeds, Cydia plans to compete again with Apple, but without the need for jailbreaking and jailbreaking.
Cydia alleges that Apple has aggressively closed its chances to compete on the iOS app distribution front, and this is the basis of its new lawsuit.
It is also worth noting that Cydia stopped its purchase mechanism in December 2018, although the store is still available on iPhones that have been jailbroken. The new legal battle comes months after Epic Games filed a similar antitrust lawsuit against antitrust and anti-competitive practices from the Apple App Store.
Do you think Epic Games is the puppet driver on this issue?
Although the jailbreak is legal, your doing it may void the device’s warranty. One of the conditions for Apple’s warranty is that the jailbreak will not work, and once the device’s operating system is modified, this will cancel the warranty. If your device crashes and you have a jailbreak, you must first remove the jailbreak by making a restore for the device before you think about going to Apple.
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Ordinary users want simple tools YouTube + and other tools, but hacker professionals need piracy programs for devices and networks and with Apple's hacking processors in iPhone 12, it will be a misfortune as we will be at risk of breaches, and this is what Apple will not allow to use its system and hardware for illegal matters.
No, brother, Airmon, I tried it, not a store that collects resources for developers of tools built from scratch only, and I know that Apple took ideas from tool developers that you cannot call it stealing because there are no registered rights of Cydia application developers!
But, the author of the article, Apple has all the right because it is the owner of the organization and the sovereignty allows the addition of sources for the disruptive and harmful programs. The subject of the cat always defeats the intrusive mouse, the thief and the saboteur
Without jailbreaking the iPhone failed. I hope to see Cydia without jailbreaking, because jailbreaking will tire the system and the battery
Technical question: How will Cydia ensure its programs are free from piracy and viruses?
Suppose there is a store like Cydia that works with Apple’s approval, and the apple will check all Cydia programs, which means that the apple and this “virtual” right will make sure that the programs are clean as they claim. But imposing guardianship is the monopoly and occupation of all the poor developers.
From this platform, I call for the establishment of an independent global body to assure the quality and purity of the programs of phones and tablets, which will undertake an independent review of what is published in the apple, cydia, Android and others for free or with symbolic fees, efficiently and quickly, and to break the monopoly practiced by the apple because we have become we eat nothing but apples or what is appetized by my hands the Apple.
We want mouth, onions and cucumber, so our stomach is tired of apples.
This is theoretically difficult, but it can be applied. Lawsuits do not offer the ideal solution, but they are useful to push the establishment of independent agencies that guarantee the quality of programs for the publisher, developer, and user. The future is pure and free, but the idiotic silence towards this industry has become unbearable on the part of the monopolist and on the part of the corrupt who spoils by plowing and breeding programs.
We want cydia
Yes, we want Cydia or another solution, which is not to have hardware updates
Thank you for this nice topic
Apple, the biggest thief in the world, all the features of IOS 14 are tools previously found in Cydia, so every year Apple steals the efforts of developers in Cydia without punishment or trial on Apple
That would be cool
If the jailbreak is officially allowed, it will be a disaster 😱
What is a disaster There is no disaster and nothing
I expect that if Cydia wins the issue very strong restrictions are imposed and Cydia is under Apple's supervision
If the issue is completed, what is expected, then in the near future this project will not be seen in years
I do not think that the lawsuit will bear fruit, and if we assume that the jailbreak is allowed to officially enter the iPhone, I do not think that Apple will spare him from the scrutiny. Special solution and method)
The best Apple allows Cydia. Better than stolen Cydia tools and its regular addition, which every version brings us from Cydia tools
I am a Yemeni person who used an iPhone in 2014 too. I think that Cydia is better than the App Store too. I hope that, God willing, Cydia will return without jailbreaking. This is a good thing
Apple should support the features provided by Cydia and the problem will end
I think it is impossible for Apple to agree with Cydia, but the choice remains for the person who owns the device who will bear the responsibility in the event that the jailbreak is installed on his device, as it is known that Cydia programs violate privacy, drain the system and the battery, and financially confiscate the efforts of many program designers.
How do I create a strong system that protects its customers and has competitors? I call it a monopoly, and what they call it is someone who enters the back door without weighing you. iPhone is done through the app store
And anyone who wants to publish any application must be via the app store
And before placing the application in the software store
The app goes through the developers of apple and is tested if it violates the terms and conditions
If it violates the terms and laws, the application is rejected, so the iPhone system is well protected so that no person can put an application on the device except through the application store. If that happens, then wait for chaos.
I hope they allow the iPhone Cydia without Cydia, not sweet
Against the idea
-> Cydia is under the supervision of Apple (tools only) and it is optional
But the matter remains vulnerable to penetrations and viruses, and the prestige of the regime goes to 🗑
This is the basis of the problem, which is Apple’s supervision, which means gagging tool developers, and we return to the same department in the appstore, which is blocking apps and allowing other tools 😅
I am completely against this idea, Cydia is a store for stolen applications often and sometimes a store for privacy-violating applications, the only thing useful about this store is that it contains applications that specialize the system and modify it even with these applications. The wrong use of them may cause damage to the iOS system; From where do you look, supporters of the Cydia issue ?!
Sorry my dear brother, but from your comment it is clear that you did not try Cydia
Cydia is a store that collects resources for developers of tools built from scratch to add features to the Apple system, and for your knowledge every feature that Apple adds to its recent releases, such as the feature of receiving a call in the form of a notification at the top of the screen and the video feature, a picture in a picture, all from the developers of their tools on Cydia for a long time. She was the one who stole their gadgets and turned them into essential additions for iOS!
Oh Lord, lose Apple, and Apple can make it optional and allow third-party store applications to activate approval
And whoever wants to install these applications agrees to the usage agreement and is able to install them, such as the approval message that appears on the Mac system when installing an application from outside the appstore
There are many very excellent applications that Apple prohibits in its store because they violate Apple's community standards from the company's point of view.
We also get rid of annoying testimonials from them
I always wish for a Mac jailbreak
The jailbreak drops the guarantee (this phrase is frankly funny)
,, I mean, if I have a problem with my device, I can restore it and take it to a store
The best news if that was done
Apple is working hard to create a closed field and an integrated system for its devices to ensure the safety, stability and stability of the system, and this is what we love about its devices. Why would she allow an outside party to disturb her this serenity, which she worked to achieve for many years?
The most important thing is safety
And security is provided by Apple through its store on trusted applications.
I expect that Apple will look at the idea and may allow Freeman to develop a store that allows only add-ons and tools, but without cracking programs that violate privacy and security.
I am in favor of Apple's monopoly on applications to ensure security. If there are multiple sources, the user becomes at risk
No dear .. You are like someone who sells me a car, then I am required to do maintenance only at the official agent, and he prevents me from going to any other mechanic or electrician !!
As long as I have purchased a commodity, I am free to dispose of it, and everything that I do is under my responsibility and you do not have the right to control a commodity that you previously went out from under your responsibility
Thank you for this article. I was waiting for detailed information about it, and this is what we are used to from our site closest to the heart, iPhone Islam. Regarding the issue, I see that Apple has the right to maintain its system and its source of income, as it is the creation of the system and developed it and did not rely on an open system like Android like other companies too. Apple is considered the best and easiest secure store for downloading mobile applications, as for Cydia and as a jailbreak user, because it has creative ideas and makes the device experience something renewed every day, but it does not prevent the presence of cracked tools and applications and a violation of privacy, especially if you do not have sufficient knowledge of using the jailbreak. This is a mythical image of the iOS genius and the jailbreak geek
well said. And do not forget that Apple created the amazing development tools, and even in jailbreaking, with Cydia, Apple's development tools are used, so they have the right to keep using their tools for development.
Also, imagine the mess. When it becomes easy to download apps from another store, one of iOS's strong features will go in security and stability.