Four Reasons Not to Jailbreak Your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
Adam Dachis — We love jailbreaking our iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads because it opens up it opens up so many great new possibilities. It also has the potential to cause a lot of problems and headaches. Here's why you might not want to jailbreak.
Goodbye Stability and Safety
Additionally, some security experts believe that jailbreaking your iDevice isn't safe from a security standpoint. Opening up your device to new possibilities can also mean opening up your device to new vulnerabilities. While you can take steps to prevent that, it, again, takes a bit of effort that you may not be willing to perform.
You Don't Get to Update iOS as Soon or as Easily
You'll Be Restoring Often
Good Jailbreak Apps are Pricey
if you don't like paying for apps on the iTunes App Store, you're going to hate paying for them on the Cydia Store. There are some amazing apps, and, personally, I have no problem shelling out the money for the developers, but the best ones are often paid apps/extensions and cost more, on average, than what you'll find on iTunes. If you're not ready to shell out some cash for some of the best options—like better notifications, better SMS, better app switching, retro game emulation, and more—you might want to keep your iDevice in its unjailbroken state. All of this said, I still prefer to jailbreak my iDevice. I think it's worth the inconvenience and I don't care much about new updates now that iOS is pretty well-rounded. But I'm definitely not the majority in that case. Jailbreaking is not for everyone, so it's good to know the downsides before you jump in.