> Don't defend broken analogies. And yes, it is broken.

Since apple isn't claiming a law violation, the only remaining difference is that some people don't know about chipping cars. Is that a serious problem?

> Since apple isn't claiming a law violation

They were. Steve Jobs and everyone who still works at Apple would have been okay with it if you were in prison for tinkering with your iPad.

> They were.

That's an argument that the analogy didn't work before. We're talking about now.

It doesn't matter. You can''t compare some car mods to all iPhone mods, and you can't assume that the companies' claims have any weight.

Even if your analogy didn't stink, and it does, it would still be meaningless because it's just a thing you said, not a validated and useful model. So give it up.

> You can''t compare some car mods to all iPhone mods

I didn't, but there isn't a lot of diversity in the iPhone mods. The vast majority are jailbreaking whereas the car mods change behavior.

> it would still be meaningless because it's just a thing you said, not a validated and useful model.

Validated? It's just as "validated" as iPhone jail breaking.

In fact, since some car mods can result in illegal behavior, not just IP violations, ....

Which reminds me - why is it so important to you that iPhone mods be considered "rad", "sticking it to the man", unique, etc?