DRM is becoming a widespread problem for the jailbreak community. Users spend months waiting for a tweak to release, then immediately purchase it when it does, only to find that it not only does not function, but renders the device unusable before uninstalling. This needs to stop.

Developers need to understand that pirates are relentless. No matter how sophisticated your DRM is, it can be cracked, and almost certainly will. They need to recognize that DRM is a cleaving sword; it strikes everyone, not just pirates. And in the end, nobody is happy.

Repository managers need to put their foot down on this problem. They need to explicitly prohibit intrusive and disruptive forms of DRM, including any sort of server-side authentication. They need to enforce this by refusing to accept further paid packages from developers who have used these forms of DRM unless they are removed from the affected packages.

These changes need to happen, and they need to happen soon, or the problems will increase exponentially for everyone involved.

~ CL