nottheengineer@feddit.detoExplain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•Jailbreaking iPhones: what exactly does it entail?English
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1 year agoIt meant getting root access to the device, which means you can do anything you want. People would get apps for free, install ones that aren’t on the app store and customize their home screen in ways that Apple doesn’t allow (like placing apps where you want). It’s still IOS, just with the ability to screw around under the hood.
For Android, rooting is pretty much the same thing and it’s still common.
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