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by rrreese 5105 days ago
Regarding point one, if I understand correctly the author means that since most apps open in their own web view rather then opening safari directly the fact that chrome can't be integrated is less of a problem.

The browser is not redundant, as people start it when they want to browse to some random page.

For me I don't agree, I open safari from apps all the time, so lack of integration pretty much guarantees that I won't be using chrome.
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SquareWheel 5105 days ago
BrowserChanger by Ryan Petrich solves that last problem.

I'm assuming Hacker News readers are jailbroken.

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pooriaazimi 5105 days ago
Why should they be? I used to jailbreak, but Apple added almost every feature I needed and now it takes JBers 3-6 months to jailbreak the latest iOS, so I don't bother with jailbreak anymore and install iOS 6 the minute it comes out (and profit).
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SquareWheel 5105 days ago
Well, I think it's more reasons than just new features. It's the very idea of escaping the walled garden. You can disable the killswitch, you can install any tweak you please, or even develop your own. You don't even have a filesystem explorer unless you jailbreak, or a console.

The jailbreak tweaks are usually better than Apple's own implementations too, even from the beginning. Backgrounder is far more powerful than built in backgrounding. LockInfo is extensible and beautiful. Winterboard (and originally Summerboard) allow far greater control over theming than Apple allows. A quick settings pane like SBSettings, incredibly useful, and been there for years.

I can't imagine being without a jailbreak. My iPod Touch would be useless to me without.

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pooriaazimi 5105 days ago
Sorry if my poor phrasing made you to write this long response :) I almost completely agree with you, and what I wanted to say was "There's no inherent reason why all HN users should be jaibroken. Sure, they should know why it's probably good and how you can jailbreak you iDevice, but it doesn't mean they should all be jailbroken just for the heck of it".

And thanks for reminding (and torturing) me about SBSettings. Actually, that's the only thing I miss terribly from my JB days...

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ConstantineXVI 5105 days ago
I don't jailbreak/root anymore. If I've hit a point where $device isn't useful to me without fighting against the shipped OS, it's failed me and I'd rather find something more agreeable to my uses.
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