New Gov't Rules Allow Unapproved iPhone Apps

My ONLY point of contention with that process is that if you do something that voids the warranty, then play fair and don't try to use the warranty.

In principle I agree. I'm a little uncomfortable with the phrase "void the warranty"; I still expect the manufacturer to stand behind the portion of the product they made, for issues that couldn't logically have been created by the prohibited use, the EULA notwithstanding.

And if the agreement was a LICENSE to use it in certain ways, not OWNERSHIP, then don't act like you own it.

I don't find this at all persuasive because the manufacturers can't decide which side of this issue they want to be on and have argued both at different times. (Actually they have no trouble deciding, the answer is whichever one leads to the result beneficial to them at the time)

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