ModMy announced today that you have archived your repository ModMyi's default Cydia App Store alternative for downloading apps, themes, settings and other files on jailbroken iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.
MacCiti also closed last week, which means that two out of three of Cydia's top default repositories are no longer active as of this month. ModMy recommends that developers in the jailbreaking community use the BigBoss repository, which is one of the last sources Cydia main that is still functional.
The closure of two large Cydia repositories is likely the result of a diminishing interest in jailbreaking, which provides access to the root file system and allows users to modify iOS and install unapproved applications on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. When the iPhone and iPod touch were first released in 2007, the jailbreak quickly grew in popularity by both for practical reasons as well as for fun. Before the App Store, for example, it allowed users to install apps and games. Jailbreaking was even useful for something as simple as setting a wallpaper, which is not possible on older versions of iOS.
Even in later years, jailbreaking remained popular because of several popular tweaks that Apple implemented in iOS, such as system tweaks, screen widgets, quick responses for text messages, screen recording, multitasking, and touch keyboard mode. With many of those features now readily available, the allure of jailbreaking is considerably less for many people.
"What do you get in the end?" Asked Cydia creator Jay Freeman in an interview with Motherboard. «It used to be that offered indispensable functions, which were almost the reason you owned the phone, and now you get a little minor modification. "
Another drawback of jailbreaking is that it has always been a violation of the License Agreement End User Username that all iOS users accept. While not illegal in the United States, due to an exemption in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, jailbreaking also technically voids your device's warranty coverage.
In a statement provided to Cult of Mac In 2010, Apple said that jailbreaking can "severely degrade the experience" of an iPhone. Apple's goal has always been to ensure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience. As we have said before, the vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones as this may violate the warranty and may cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably. Apple's game of cat and mouse with jailbreaking has been going on for over a decade and may finally be winning the battle due to advances in iOS security and less interest in jailbreaking.
iOS 11 is the first major version of Apple's mobile operating system that has not been publicly released. Some developers have claimed that they exploit iOS 11 in various security conferences, but no Mac or PC tool like Pangu has been released for the public to download and jailbreak with their own devices. The lack of a public jailbreak for the latest version of iOS after several months has fueled a so-called "death spiral" for jailbreaking.
"When fewer people bother to jailbreak, you get fewer developers doing cool stuff about it, which means there are fewer reasons for people to jailbreak," Freeman said. "Which means there are fewer people jailbreaking, which means there are fewer developers bothering to target it." And then you slowly die. "
Will it be the beginning of the end of the jailbreak?
I haven't jailbroken for about 3 years. But it's certainly bad news
It's a shame, apple got a lot of ideas and improvements by compiling tweaks from the jailbreak