Here's another reason I don't like paid homebrew (yes, I know iPod Apps ARE essentially homebrew but they are sanctioned so kind of count as licensed software in my book)
iPhoneOS software is not homebrew in any way. The platform is open for development and has a first-party SDK available.
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Hacks are a rebellion. A way of getting back against the corporations for deliberately limiting what people can do with the system in order to make money.
Not everyone is a rebellious child out to get their parents/"the man". I would say the majority really don't give a shit and just enjoy the extra functionality Cydia allows access to.
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It should be trying to make the system as open as possible to as many people as possible. Once you add $5.99 emulators into mix (Seriously' $6?!?! FOOCKING HELL! And that WAS my exact reaction at the price) suddenly all that openess becomes more restricted and as you find more and more good apps require a serious investment you wonder why you bothered to hack more and more. Hacks should not be a secondary marketplace, they should be a place of free exchange of programs and ideas.