I've bricked hardware devices by flashing them with a bad ROM BIOS. I've bricked PC motherboards by having a flash fail halfway through. I've overclocked graphics cards by loading custom firmware on them, which caused permanent damage due to overheating.
Software mistakes cannot always be fixed.
I love modding my computers, consoles, smartphones, and various electronic devices, but I do so full well knowing that if I fuck up, it's my fault and not Apple's.
Sure, an iPhone is usually recoverable, but if for some reason it isn't, I take full responsibility and don't expect Apple to provide me with another guinea pig free of charge.
I agree with you. Of course it's not about Apple giving you a new phone if you fuck it up. It's about if something entirely unrelated to what you did fails and warranty is still denied based on the modification (ie headphone jack stops working on your jailbroken iphone).
Software mistakes cannot always be fixed.
I love modding my computers, consoles, smartphones, and various electronic devices, but I do so full well knowing that if I fuck up, it's my fault and not Apple's.
Sure, an iPhone is usually recoverable, but if for some reason it isn't, I take full responsibility and don't expect Apple to provide me with another guinea pig free of charge.