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Re:Ubuntu for phones by jspthrowaway2 on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @11:43PM (#5001058)
...after jailbreaking and modifying. His point was off the bat, legally, or both.
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Re:Ubuntu for phones by josteink on Thursday January 03, 2013 @01:56AM (#5001304)
Not to be an über-pedant, but are you implying that it's somehow illegal to take ownership of your own device?

In what crazy world do you live?

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Re:Ubuntu for phones by jspthrowaway2 on Thursday January 03, 2013 @02:30AM (#5001365)
A rapidly-evolving one where the legal status of jailbreaking an iPhone has changed over the last several years and jailbreaking an iPad remains illegal. AKA: The United States.
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