OS jailbreaking in 2026: here's why it's probably not worth the hassle to liberate your iPhone from Apple's shackles anymore.

When you jailbreak your phone you get access to Cydia, the iOS app store that exists outside of Apple's reach. There are a number of cool apps and tweaks available there, from apps that turns your ...

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After many years of being available to users as a way to fully customize the operating system, the backbone that handles purchases on Cydia (which was only available to jailbroken devices) is today ...

For years, iOS users who wanted to use their devices without the constraints imposed by Apple have been jailbreaking their devices in order to install software from outside of the Apple App Store ...

Cydia, the original app store for jailbroken iPhones, has joined a wave of companies and regulators in targeting Apple over antitrust concerns. In a lawsuit it filed on Thursday, it accused Apple of ...

Apple is the exclusive gatekeeper to its iPhone App Store, able to reject apps at will – as it did July 28 with Google Voice. But some developers aren't taking the rejection lying down: They're ...

Back in 2008, Jay Freeman first released Cydia as an app store designed for the iPhone, offering apps a few months before Apple had its own App Store. Since then, Cydia has served as an app repository ...

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers today granted Apple's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the company by Jay Freeman, creator of an alternative App Store known as Cydia for ...

The maker of Cydia, the first unofficial app store for jailbroken iOS devices, has filed a lawsuit against Apple. As reported by The Washington Post, the lawsuit was filed today, and it alleges that ...