Cydia app store was a huge deal for iPad and iPhone users who wished to see more functionality on their devices, more than Apple officially gives, anyway, in their App store. Many apps would be able to improve the notification handling, replace some built-in apps that, let’s be honest, are totally useless, and clean up junk files.
Some apps from Cydia cost money
There were some jailbreak hacks that were used to improve the experience, from quick shortcuts to the copy and paste functionality – and that happened long before Apple added these features to their operating system. There are some features that are still not allowed, such as being able to lock some apps with your fingerprint. Cydia is also able to enable app piracy. Of course, many of these Cydia apps costs money – not much, and users want to pay for them.
Saurik’s decision
Ever since this whole story is in the picture, Apple has tried to make things better, so that people won’t feel the need to jailbreak their devices, so they’ve included some of the features in their operating systems. But as of now, the founder of the jailbreaking scheme, also known as Saurik, has decided to shut down the ability to accept payments for Cydia. This means that you won’t be able to get new paid apps.
Why did this happen?
This comes as a response from Saurik after there’ve been some reports of a bug in the store’s PayPal payment system, which didn’t really affect many users. In a recent post, he said that people are not able to buy anything anymore, so no one will be at risk again. Risk is a strong word, since the bug did not leak any kind of data. The PayPal accounts were safe.
Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post. In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.