GeoHot has posted a new update on his blog with some updated information about the Blacksn0w unlock including the release date (4th November 2009). Also, he has announced that he has refused the $10,000 bounty that was offered to him by Jody Sanders because Jody is scum.
Here is the full articles posted on his website:
I have an unlock for 05.11.07. I will be releasing on 11/04/09, for $0.00First off, Jody Sanders, I am declining your $10,000. Why? Because you, and the rest of the iPhone unlock sites out there are scum. You make money selling freeware; that’s not cool, and I am in no way going to legitimize it.
Seriously, the people who really lose here are the customers. These sites are full of blatant lies, claiming to have unlocks for 05.11.07 People buy them, and are told the unlock is in development, and the release date is unknown. Imagine you bought a cup of coffee and were told it’s in development? Recently, many of these sites sent out e-mails saying they made major breakthroughs and the unlock will be ready 11/04/09. Coincidence that that’s the release date of blacksn0w?
I’m not going to post all these scam sites here, as I don’t want to give them the pagerank boost. Rather I’ll give you a whitelist, two people make unlocks, me and the dev team. Every iPhone unlock site you see out there is selling our stuff, repackaged in some form or another. Same goes for jailbreaks, although ih8sn0w and chronicdev are legit. Notice what all the legit ones have in common? They are free.
Now despite rumors of the ferocity of my legal team, they actually are pretty poor lawyers. And the scum who run these websites are the type who get off on legal battles. So we have to fight them in another way, and I’m asking for everyones help on this. Our weapon is information. Get the truth out, that all iPhone unlocks and jailbreaks are free, and if you are buying something, you aren’t getting anything a simple google search couldn’t get you, and are probably funding someones crack habit.
This is the first time I have tried to make something simple for the end users, and it enrages me to see people selling it. Let’s shut all these assholes down, and tell the iPhone owning world all they need is at blackra1n.com, including blacksn0w instructions on it’s release date, 11/04/09(yes, will support hacktivation). You do your part, and I’ll do mine making things as simple, reliable, and straightforward as possible.You have 4 days.
Right on. I was afraid he sold out on us, but I admit when I’m wrong. Don’t shell out your money, ask the AllTechRelated folks. Save your money for developers who have actually done the work and earned it. Don’t support the thieves out there stealing other peoples work. Jackasses.
Even better news.. Check GeoHot’s blog again. He’s releasing blacksn0w today!!
i have been a geohot product user for a while now and let me tell you that if you buy this software … your wasting money…
geohot and the devteam are the only way to go for the security of your device and your personal info..
again props to the Devteam and geohot for all their hard work and as for the scammers im not wasting my breath on any of you
thanks again geohot