ModMyi and ZodTTD/MacCiti Cydia Repositories Shut Down

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Posted November 25, 2017 at 3:26am by iClarified

The ModMyi and ZodTTD/MacCiti Cydia repositories have been shut down.

Dennis Bednarz, Editor-in-Chief at ModMy, announced the repository's archival in a blog post yesterday:

It's a sad day indeed. We, unfortunately, have to announce that the ModMyi Cydia Repository has been archived and won't be taking any new packages. After ModMy, Mobile Nations (ModMy's parent company) and SaurikIT finished our discussions, there was a clear but sad result to the issue of Cydia and repositories. ModMyi was not plausible to keep going as server costs were insane and the money the repository generated was way below the required amount to keep the repository, not with an economic gain, but to even keep it non-profit. So we are very sad to say that after 10 wonderful years with the community, the ModMyi repository ownership has transferred over to SaurikIT where the repository was archived.

A few days prior, MacCiti announced it was shutting down on Twitter.

...was a great ride. Thank you.

You can still access your previously purchased or downloaded packages from ModMyi but the repository has been frozen in time. Nothing will be added going forward. Those looking for a new home should consider BigBoss, as it's the last major repository available.

A combination of factors have led to a decline in jailbreaking. It's become increasingly difficult for hackers and security researchers to jailbreak Apple's mobile operating system. Those that are able to produce a jailbreak can sell it for six or seven figures, leaving little incentive to release it publicly. In addition, many of the features that were only available to jailbroken users are now baked into iOS. This means that most users just don't need a jailbreak anymore.

For those of us who've been around from the beginning, this is definitely a sad day. We can only hope that a future jailbreak of iOS 11 will keep the jailbreak community alive.

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PaulieP - November 25, 2017 at 5:20pm

Screw all the jailbreakers, ha ha!

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Kornmehl - November 25, 2017 at 4:16pm

Poor pirates. Their golden goose is dying.

AntiNeo - November 25, 2017 at 8:03pm

1) I would like to customize icons (5,not 4 in the grid as default and that disabled needs look is simply miserable,then be able to install real live wallpapers (that are in movement all the time) Default icons are just dead boring,but Apple seems to get busy with it after few more years.2) Be able to Fake my location for selected apps,I don’t like some dating app to show exactly where my house is,more privacy! 3) To be able hide from my mobile provider that I’m tethering (sharing) my phone’s internet connection to my car’s head unit,for me that is actual. 4) I’m not that poor for not to buy some app that I like via AppStore or Cydia so I can get all updates without trouble unlike pirated apps. 5) There’s a little add-on that makes YouTube clean of them annoying commercials plus I can download the vid I like with one touch.I could continue this list endlessly.*And Mister... English is third language to me and I can make some mistakes specially in writing.*Check your simple sentence,there is an error as well XD

AntiNeo - November 26, 2017 at 6:28am

Arguments aint your strong side Paulie? If you could explain why exactly jailbreak is sooooo bad except for some people using it to pirate app’s (bear in mind that there are other ways to be a happy pirate via unmodified iOS) write something more then empty taunts to some stranger lol Then your world might mean something ;))

iSheep - November 25, 2017 at 3:45pm

Apple has always talked down on hackers that improved on Apples iOS. But yet turn around and steal their ideas and call it Apples. Apple will fall from their Selfishness and Greed.

Starweb - November 25, 2017 at 2:38pm

For me jailbreak was a way to get feature not available , their was a cost that i gladly paid for that kind of freedom.I hate when a system do not give choice and force you to accept whatever they say is good for me.I should be the judge of that.

Apple needed the jailbreak - November 25, 2017 at 12:49pm

Hell, the only reason that iOS has what it has is because they stole the 'new', 'fresh', & 'incredible' upgrades from the Cydia hackers. Now that there is no more Jailbreak, Apple will have no more new & innovative ideas...think of it that way.

creativityOnly - November 25, 2017 at 4:09pm

Right because the 50,000+ engineers Apple has their creativity came only from 100+ developers in jailbreak community. El-oh-el, you’re reaching man.

Ottifant - November 25, 2017 at 11:51am

The really sad and scary story here is that the industry wins over the hackers. I understand that a hacker prefers to sell a jailbreak rather than giving it away, but it shifts the power even more to the ones that already have too much of it. Not a healthy development at all :-(

D4xM4Nx - November 25, 2017 at 8:39am

Had to happen... ModMyi barely pushed any packages over this year, basically they had no choice but to give up. I'm afraid BigBoss, now the last bastion for default repos, will have a harder time over the next months. Sad but true, while it's hard to tell, jailbreaks are thing of the past... However Saurik once stated on r/jailbreak that it'll be good if jailbreaks were gone, we can then start pressuring Apple for more iOS customization. He might be right, not that we've got a lot of choice tho.

Hollyman - November 25, 2017 at 8:33am

They could sell jailbreak to community. I would pay for - JB activation etc.

waheb09 - November 25, 2017 at 8:29am

Apple will let the jailbreak happen again for iPhone X, they need it more than ever and they will leak it intentionally, and remember you heard it here first and from me.

iMillenial - November 25, 2017 at 6:54am

They sold us out. Rather than taking six or seven figures, they should keep giving jailbreak to community. No more modern day Robin Hoods.

Avon - November 25, 2017 at 5:41am

Yeah, this is sad. I used to be a huge jailbreak enthusiast, but I gave up a few years ago. ModMyi will be missed.

Vannimox - November 25, 2017 at 4:54am

It's so sad, I loved jailbreaking my iDevices. But sadly I'm starting to believe that the jailbreaking days are limited.