Cydia’s app store for jailbroken iPhones shuts down

Costs and security helped prompt the decision. For years, people with jailbroken iPhones have turned to the Cydia Store to download apps that Apple wouldn’t allow through its own portal. You might want to scramble for an alternative if you’re one of those users, however. Service creator Jay Freeman (aka Saurik) has shut down the Cydia Store citing a combination of costs and security issues. It “loses money” and, when there were multiple staffers, cost him a significant chunk of his “sanity.” And while Freeman had already planned to close the store by the end of 2018, he bumped

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