iPhone Users To Rebel?

Are iPhone users going to rebel? Not yet, anyway. In an blog/article on Information, Alexander Wolfe writes how a fairly anonymous poster on the Apple iPhone online forum was upset at the new Apple policy on Iphones, and voiced his frustration by suggesting fellow iPhone users band together to sue Apple. The IW article decribes how user "myndex" posted a topic entitled "iPhone Class Action Lawsuit." The text of the post is as follows:

"To: iPhone Owners denied warranty service. Seeking respondents for possible class action lawsuit against Apple Inc. relating to refusal to service iPhones and related accessories under warranty...There are three potential classes in this case: 1) Persons who own an iPhone and used software to access the available flash drive space on the iPhone [iPhoneDrive]; 2) Persons who installed 3rd party software on the iPhone for the purpose of expanding its functionality; 3) Persons who unlocked their iPhone to allow for its use on networks other thanAT&T (NYSE:[)]"The iPhone recently required an update. Some users who had downloaded software "illegal" for the iPhone, or those who attempted to unlock their phones for use on other telephone carrier networks, reported experiencing problems from the mild, to the complete freezing up of phones. Some see this as an unfair move by Apple and are seeking to have their phones repaired and to continue to use software not licensed by Apple, to be used on phones created by Apple. University of Alabama Law School Assistant Dean Noah Funderburg has recently been quoted in a number of articles on this issue. His stance and advice is as follows: "Anyone who hacks must know that they are taking certain risks... If they aren't willing to assume the risks upfront--like a brick iPhone--then maybe they should not hack the device."