Originally Posted by Quicksilver

Jennifer Stisa Granick, EFF's civil liberties director, said "the rules are based on an important principle: Consumers should be allowed to use and modify the devices that they purchase the way they want. "If you bought it, you own it," she said." In principal she may be right however as the article goes on to say..........

The new government rules, however, won't stop Apple from continuing its practice of disabling jailbroken phones with software upgrades. That means owners of such phones might not be able to take advantage of software improvements, and they still run the risk of voiding their warranty. All the new rules do is exempt the user from legal liability — something Apple does not appear to be pursuing anyway.

So the new ruling may not accomplish much.