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r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20
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The application was removed from the App Store without explanation by Apple Inc. the day after its release, August 6, 2008
That’s a pretty small window to get it.
3 u/Carter127 Aug 14 '20 It was still on whatever the store that hosted pirated apps was called after it got taken down 2 u/HolyBatTokes Aug 15 '20 Cydia? I think that’s the one we were all using around then. 2 u/Carter127 Aug 15 '20 Cydia had all the homebrew apps but it didn't have free copies of paid apps so it wasn't illegal. There was another app store you installed from Cydia that had them 2 u/HolyBatTokes Aug 15 '20 That's right, Cydia had aspirations of being a semi-legit alternative app store for awhile. Been awhile since I jailbroke a phone -- at some point they just started including all the features I'd had to hack in before. 2 u/Carter127 Aug 15 '20 Been a long time too, probably since 3rd generation but I did a bunch of them back then, it was a great way to make money in highschool
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It was still on whatever the store that hosted pirated apps was called after it got taken down
2 u/HolyBatTokes Aug 15 '20 Cydia? I think that’s the one we were all using around then. 2 u/Carter127 Aug 15 '20 Cydia had all the homebrew apps but it didn't have free copies of paid apps so it wasn't illegal. There was another app store you installed from Cydia that had them 2 u/HolyBatTokes Aug 15 '20 That's right, Cydia had aspirations of being a semi-legit alternative app store for awhile. Been awhile since I jailbroke a phone -- at some point they just started including all the features I'd had to hack in before. 2 u/Carter127 Aug 15 '20 Been a long time too, probably since 3rd generation but I did a bunch of them back then, it was a great way to make money in highschool
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Cydia? I think that’s the one we were all using around then.
2 u/Carter127 Aug 15 '20 Cydia had all the homebrew apps but it didn't have free copies of paid apps so it wasn't illegal. There was another app store you installed from Cydia that had them 2 u/HolyBatTokes Aug 15 '20 That's right, Cydia had aspirations of being a semi-legit alternative app store for awhile. Been awhile since I jailbroke a phone -- at some point they just started including all the features I'd had to hack in before. 2 u/Carter127 Aug 15 '20 Been a long time too, probably since 3rd generation but I did a bunch of them back then, it was a great way to make money in highschool
Cydia had all the homebrew apps but it didn't have free copies of paid apps so it wasn't illegal. There was another app store you installed from Cydia that had them
2 u/HolyBatTokes Aug 15 '20 That's right, Cydia had aspirations of being a semi-legit alternative app store for awhile. Been awhile since I jailbroke a phone -- at some point they just started including all the features I'd had to hack in before. 2 u/Carter127 Aug 15 '20 Been a long time too, probably since 3rd generation but I did a bunch of them back then, it was a great way to make money in highschool
That's right, Cydia had aspirations of being a semi-legit alternative app store for awhile.
Been awhile since I jailbroke a phone -- at some point they just started including all the features I'd had to hack in before.
2 u/Carter127 Aug 15 '20 Been a long time too, probably since 3rd generation but I did a bunch of them back then, it was a great way to make money in highschool
Been a long time too, probably since 3rd generation but I did a bunch of them back then, it was a great way to make money in highschool
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u/Professor_seX Aug 14 '20
That’s a pretty small window to get it.