This can’t be good, and I hope the guy’s not serious. With an update on his official blog post where he showed a jailbroken iPhone 4 two days ago, Geohot announced that he’s not going to release any new unlock / jailbreak tool in the near future, and that he misses the good old days of jailbreak. Is this a retirement announcement?

“Sorry, this post was probably a bad idea. Next time I won’t say anything. I miss when this blog was actually about technical things(I’ve been reacting too much to the feedback, which led it to the place it’s in now). I didn’t fully realize most of the current scene don’t care unless they are getting something. Now I do. It’s late tonight, I’ll think about what to do about this in the morning.

The real reason behind no release isn’t technical. It’s just that it will never stop, after blackra1n, people demand unlock, after blacksn0w, people demand untethered. I miss the days when jailbreaking and unlocking were difficult, it attracted a much higher caliber crowd.

Also, to the haters, the picture is quite obviously fake.”

We’re not buying it, Geohot. I understand your position, and I completely agree with you when you say that working under the pressure of hundreds of thousands of people asking you for release dates is impossible. But quitting? No, I guess this is just a change of strategy. The picture is not fake, and we know it.

I remember when jailbreaking was about waiting for the latest Installer update and Cydia was nothing but an almost-empty directory of cool tweaks. I miss those days, too. But you’re not quitting, and we’ll be patiently waiting.