Cory Doctorow answers this in his book “The Internet Con”. IBM fought with DoJ for years. Today, it’s a felony to mess with anything locked down (anti circumvention)

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subscribed 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't think it's a felony to root/jailbreak one's own phone.

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Yokolos 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The problem is doing it as a company. IBM wasn't defeated by hobbyists building their own PCs. They were defeated by other companies reverse engineering their BIOS and selling their own IBM compatible systems. This isn't possible anymore. It just means you get buried in lawsuits until you go bankrupt.

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matheusmoreira an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/felony-contempt-busine...

It's not your phone, it's theirs. They're just letting you use it, and only if you're a good boy who follows all their policies and terms and conditions. Subvert this in any way and it's a felony.

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immibis 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It is. 17 U.S. Code § 1201 - Circumvention of copyright protection systems

	▲	aspenmayer an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Well actually, it isn’t for individuals and certain groups, technically. Rooting/jailbreaking have had exemptions for many years now, on a three year basis which has seemingly been continually renewed, by the Librarian of Congress. Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies (2024) https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/28/2024-24... https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca-rulemaking