Jay Freeman: Cydia For Mac Will Be Ready "Within Weeks"
by Joe White
December 12, 2010
Jay Freeman (a.k.a. "saurik"), the mastermind behind Cydia, recently stated that Cydia for Mac will be available "within weeks." The unofficial app store for the Mac is expected to go head-to-head against Apple's Mac App Store, which should be released in January 2011.
The news came a couple of days ago, at the 360|MacDev conference. After the huge success of Cydia for iOS (10 percent of all iDevice run Cydia, nowadays), Freeman thought the Mac could benefit from Cydia, too.
At the conference, Freeman criticized Apple's infamous app restrictions, and noted that they'll likely appear in the Mac App Store, too. This seems to be one of the key motivations behind Freeman's desire to make Cydia available on the Mac.
We'll be reporting on Cydia for Mac when more news becomes available. In the meantime, let us know your thoughts regarding this in the comments below. And, thanks to TUAW for spotting this.
