And stuff like this is why I can’t go back to an iPhone. I hope things change in the future, and I haven’t found a platform I truly love, but I just don’t want to jump through flaming hoops of compromise.

But just to play the devil’s advocate for the sake of discussion, Apple is still blazing a new trail in a new territory. No other company or platform has created and operated an App Store like this. So it is still trying to figure out how to do things. I’m sure Apple hoped the App Store would be a big hit, but I seriously doubt they knew it would have to review sooooooo many apps (both new and updates) in a single day. They didn’t have the proper procedures and protocols set up to subjectively review so many and so many different applications. (and they still don’t)

I try to be an optimist and I hope they are learning from their mistakes and that they are growing and evolving with the times.

Thing is, I don’t think you can go forward always assuming a jailbreak is possible. At some point it might not be.

This is not how you build a platform in the long run. Apple is going to shoot itself in the foot.

I also really question the appropriateness an even legality of doing this. I mean, I bought it FOR this functionality. Does that mean after spending $100 on a gps app Apple can just come along and remove functionality that I rely on and PAID for???
What other company tries to pull this?

But and alternative, a better alternative IMO, is to jailbreak and install SBSettings. It has a processes button that easily allows you to kill background running apps like safari and iTunes. But also has a Free Memory button that is very fast and easy. Swipe to open SBSettings, tap to open Processes, tap to free memory.

It is because of SBSettings that I will never run my iPhone without being able to jailbreak it.