[DenisM]

1. Illegal in common use refers to a felony or at least an infraction. Breaking terms of a contract is none of that, therefore "but if it's in Apple's contract that by buying their product you agree not to mess with it ... you don't buy the thing with intent to break the law" is an incorrect frame to describe what happes. The correct frame if "violating the terms of a contract".

2. Breaking the terms of contract does not always lead to problems and is not always wrong - some contracts are unenforcable because they contradict a law, and some are plain morally wrong. Just because something is written down and signed by a person does not make it the law and the truth.

3. Just because someone is pissed does not mean other people lose their rights.

[unalone]

As I said: I won't argue that Apple's move is pretty extreme. I'm not going to get mad at Apple for it, because I understand their reasoning, but I won't support them on it, either.

Either way, I wouldn't avoid their products because of that reasoning alone.