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Original post by: Taylor Dixon

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I’m going to agree with @danj here, Apple has done a pretty good job of implementing most of the jailbreak-worthy features into iOS over the years. That said, if you do need your iDevice to do something outside of iOS’s capabilities (e.g., a WiFi sniffer), jailbreaking is a fun way to add a ton of customization to iOS! There are, however, plenty of performance hiccups you can run into, and troubleshooting software issues once something is jailbroken can be a nightmare.

Also, *steps onto soapbox* it’s important to make sure you’re paying for jailbroken apps, following copyright laws, and staying within the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking#Legal_status|legal jailbreaking limits] of your country.

*steps off of soapbox*

If you do end up jailbreaking something, let us know how it goes! I would be interested to hear about how the jailbreaking process has changed over the years. I am also curious whether there are jailbreak workarounds to some of the [https://ifixit.org/blog/9917/11-3-update-breaking-iphone-screens/|unauthorized repair part] issues we have been working around this year…

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