When someone does an iPhone hack, it's usually because they feel they are justified. The impulse generally has little to do with vandalism, but often comes from a perception that Apple is determining iPhone use in a controlling way. So hackers alter the locks and controls in iPhone programming, so they can download any iPhone application they wish. And when Apple demands that the Copyright Office declare this practice illegal, these hackers become even more determined.

But there are other rationales for iPhone hacks as well, or for what is known as "jailbreaking." The writer of the www.hackthatphone.com blog believes that Apple is not that interested in what its phone users want, and that the company doesn't even care if the programs they want to use are safe on their phones or not. According to this writer, Apple wants to keep every iPhone app under its thumb to preserve its own business model, and for no other reason. Yet the writer claims to have seen even Apple employees using hacked iPhones because they don't want to be so restricted.

People who advocate iPhone hacking consider the phone to be analogous to a computer that anyone can purchase. No computer manufacturer attempts to dictate what programs users can or can't use on their equipment once they've bought it. Individual hackers and those who place their own apps in the online store at www.cydia.com believe they are working against Apple's unwarranted monopoly. Apple's claim that it alone can accept or reject an iPhone application is seen simply as tyrannical.

The way Apple and its American carrier, AT&T work together is another reason cited by people who do not confine their iPhone application downloading to the official store. Many rejected apps appear to have been rejected by Apple simply because they might curtail AT&T's controls or, more significantly, profits. As a result, many people are quite prepared to unlock iPhone technology to prevent themselves from being so restricted for what appears to be reasons that have little to do with the safety of the phones or the convenience of Apple's customers. With complaints about the company's choices and practices growing for these and other reasons, it's probable that hacking of the iPhone is unlikely to stop, whatever the ultimate legal decision might be.

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