Last Friday, the Sileo Teamreceived backlash from prominent jailbreak developers and hackersbecause the Sileo package manager beta preview prevented theBigBossrepository from serving ads to its users. The situation gave rise to concerns that BigBoss could eventually cease to exist because therepositorywouldn’t generate any revenue from itsSileo-centric user base.
Fortunately, the public spat involving several prominent members of thejailbreakcommunity, including hackers and jailbreak tweak developers, appears to have paid off. ATweetshared Monday evening by the Sileo Teamdemonstrates a slight change of heart and a departure from the original plan:
As it would seem, the Sileo Team now plans to let the BigBoss repository to serve a single ad on eachjailbreak tweakdepiction page in the next beta preview. At the time of this writing, this would mean the changes won’t take effect until the thirdbetapreview is available sometime in the future.
On the other hand, the Sileo package manager still won’t permit JavaScript in legacy depictions, allegedly because it would interfere with loading speeds, enable pop-ups/clutter, warrant crypto mining, and open users up to XSSvulnerabilities, among other things.
It remains to be seen whether the single ad will be enough to support the BigBoss repository or not, but some would argue that it’s better than zilch. We’ll have to wait for official comments from Optimo or the BigBoss himself to know for sure. Comparatively,Cydiadoes not appear to limit the number of ads that the BigBoss repository can serve its users with.
The BigBoss repository is the last-standing default repository in business today; bothModMyi and ZodTTD archived their jailbreak tweak catalogsmore than a year ago due to cash flow problems.Saurikalso just recently made the hard decision to close the Cydia Store,disabling jailbreak tweak purchases from the BigBoss repositoryin the process.
Given the circumstances, purchases can only be made from third-party repositories such as Packix, Chariz, and Dynastic Repo, just to name a few. Both Cydia and Sileo allow jailbreakers to make purchasesin third-party repositories.
Do you think Sileo should allow BigBoss to serve more than one ad to its users? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
