Before the App Store, there was Cydia, the first alternative app store for the iPhone. A store that has remained extremely popular with jailbreak enthusiasts who continue to find applications and tweaks banned from the App Store… Until Apple was inspired to integrate them into iOS.
The store created by Jay Freeman has decided to add its voice to the concert of protest heard throughout the year regarding Apple’s practices. Cydia therefore wears complaint against the manufacturer, accused of exercising a monopoly on the distribution of applications and means of payment, and also of excluding competitors in these two sectors.
In her complaint, Cydia explains that Apple has put in place barriers that prohibit developers from offering their iOS applications other than on the App Store, and users from easily installing Cydia or any other alternative store on their devices. Security mechanisms are always more evolved and sophisticated (although the discovery of the checkm8 security vulnerability has given new life to the jailbreak community).
Users should be able to choose how they want to get apps, according to Cydia. Apple spokesperson Fred Sainz answered to this complaint to the Washington Post, using the same arguments as usual: Apple is not a monopoly because there is competition from Android; the manufacturer must continue to exercise its iron fist to prevent consumers from inadvertently downloading viruses and malware.
For Jay Freeman, the question of the risks associated with jailbreaking is ” out of proportion Because at the end of the day it’s similar to downloading software to a PC. ” Morally it’s your phone and you should be able to do whatever you want with it », He asserts. This new legal front against Apple is in addition to Epic’s complaint, whose trial is expected next May. The complaint was filed in the Northern District Court of California.
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