Cydia Store - Nearly $1/4 Million in Income

**TheOnlyest** · 07-30-2009, 11:21 AM

You obviously have no clue what jailbreaking is about... have you ever used your brain to wonder WHY its called "jailbreaking" and NOT "hacking"? I suggest you restore your phone to factory defaults and find another forum to make an azz of yourself on.
Have a nice day, and may your next paycheck bounce!

Originally Posted by KILLINJDM

So you meen to tell me that cydia apps arent free any more!!!!!! WTF is the point of having a hacked iphone if you cant get **** for free

**Kyle Matthews** · 07-30-2009, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by prostovanka

Freeman doing awesome job. Thank you all Devs out there that have been with us till today. First thing first, Cheapskates is a little harsh to call some one that simply doesnt want to pay for certain apps that arent worth the money but any way.

Cheapskates is what I call the people who aren't willing to pay for an app period. If you don't want the app, who cares - I'm talking about the ones you DO want.

Originally Posted by prostovanka

Im just curious iPhone Devteam the one who made JB possible has always claimed to do it for free which still stands till today. If that is so and is true then I think its a little unfair that the people that made Jay Freeman's Cydia App available arent getting a cut.

Jay Freeman made Jay Freeman's app available.

And he gets a cut.

**LGgeek** · 07-30-2009, 11:58 AM

I have no problem paying for good apps ( bought 4 from the store already). Thanks to all in JB community that makes this possible.

**algojobathosai** · 07-30-2009, 04:04 PM

Good work...
beat appstore down.....

**confucious** · 07-30-2009, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by algojobathosai

Good work...
beat appstore down.....

It's good - but I wouldn't do that far!

**PCeasar** · 07-30-2009, 10:51 PM

I have bought tons of apps from cydia and rockyourphone, MivTones/Unresrictor/IntelliScreen the list goes on. But you know what I just got my 3gs few months ago and let me tell you, that was a painful stack of money I had to part with until there was a JB. I emailed RockYourPhone support and was told they dont support the 3Gs and didnt know if they would in the future.

So talk all you want but this could be fleeting, Apple is going harder at Jailbreakers as we've seen in the news recently. You could say just dont upgrade to the next OS release but when they come out with the fix for the potential SMS hack what will we do. If there's a 4G iPhone what will we do then? I'm just saying I'm at least 50$+ invested in Cydia/RockYourPhone related apps.

Sure I may accept the fleeting use of the money I spent but I can understand why others may not want to accept such a risk. At the same time I also understand why dev's charge for their efforts of the work they do, I just think that some of those apps start get a bit too costly at over $2 bucks unless they can gaurantee a future jailbreak. Guess thats why some developers start saying the purchase is tied to your specific device.

**confucious** · 07-31-2009, 01:30 AM

I buy some stuff from Cydia but I certainly wouldn't let RYP near anything of mine!

**srchino** · 07-31-2009, 03:07 AM

Originally Posted by PaperCross

That is awesome! Maybe Cydia can do the 1 billion download giveaway soon like Apple did...just to prove a point

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

**PCeasar** · 07-31-2009, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by confucious

I buy some stuff from Cydia but I certainly wouldn't let RYP near anything of mine!

Why?

**confucious** · 07-31-2009, 09:26 AM

Because it causes a lot of problems. If they want to sell their products through Cydia (which I need to unlock my phone), fine, but I am not going to install some potentially damaging software just to buy more software.

**PCeasar** · 07-31-2009, 12:01 PM

Well I must say I do not like the fact that I need yet another application icon for delivering of apps, its too complicated remembering to cycle through them to find out which ones have app updates. However, I have had no issues with RYP and their product has been pretty solid but thats just my experience.

**seandiego** · 07-31-2009, 06:14 PM

How does one get on the Cydia Store as a paid theme?

**Kyle Matthews** · 07-31-2009, 10:48 PM

One emails me (or any repo owner).

**Faxmonkey** · 08-01-2009, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by kmmxracer

Well look how the jailbreaking community is turning into the App Store, whats next!!!

It's basically become an App store without *any* of apple's restrictions. That's a good thing, imo. It provides an alternative but it's one that you have to know about to access. The people who don't know about the "other" app store don't really belong there -- they are the same people that Apple sets up all it's restrictions to protect in the first place.

The sort of peole who, if multitasking existed, would never close ANY app and then complain about how slow the phone was. The people who need Apple to babysit them have it, and those who do not, have an alternative. It works out great.

**A_DuB187** · 08-01-2009, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by Faxmonkey

It's basically become an App store without *any* of apple's restrictions. That's a good thing, imo. It provides an alternative but it's one that you have to know about to access. The people who don't know about the "other" app store don't really belong there -- they are the same people that Apple sets up all it's restrictions to protect in the first place.

The sort of peole who, if multitasking existed, would never close ANY app and then complain about how slow the phone was. The people who need Apple to babysit them have it, and those who do not, have an alternative. It works out great.

LOL good point but I have to say I think some jailbreakers still need ol' Apple babysitting them.

I myself have paid for quite a few apps from cydia in the past that I thought were werth the money and risk of losing after a specific firmware update. But I think that when it comes to cydia some of Devs are (for lack of a better word) lazy or just don't care to update their apps for so long a time I don't even want said app anymore if they EVER do. That's the only problem I have when it comes to cydia and purchasing a specific app is future support of the app in question. I think when devs create an app (especially a paid app) they should have the responsibility to and be mature enough to keep up with it. I mean when you get a dog you have to feed the d@mn thing right?!?

Anyways that's just my opinion. Flame away. I know at least one of you will.

**Kyle Matthews** · 08-01-2009, 06:03 AM

Don't you face the same issue with AppStore? Apple doesn't require anyone to update on a schedule...

**A_DuB187** · 08-01-2009, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by poetic_folly

Don't you face the same issue with AppStore? Apple doesn't require anyone to update on a schedule...

Of course they don't. Did I say they did? No.

**Kyle Matthews** · 08-01-2009, 02:25 PM

So you have the issue with buying apps in general you're saying, not just Cydia?

**one1** · 08-01-2009, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by poetic_folly

One emails me (or any repo owner).

I know I do, but what's your point?

Jay is gonna need about 4 times that amount to defend against apple for just a month of attny fees so he better save every dime.

**A_DuB187** · 08-01-2009, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by poetic_folly

So you have the issue with buying apps in general you're saying, not just Cydia?

I'm not a J@ck@55 that mess's with wares if that's what you're geting at. I have bought and payed for MANY apps from the Appstore and Cydia alike ( as I already stated in my previous post). I was just saying that's generaly what I think about before I decide if I should purchase an app or not.

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