The Apple Apps Store for its line of iPhone and iPod Touch is under the sole proprietorship of Apple Inc, thereby giving the corporation every right to deny and remove applications that it seems unfit for its devices. However, the developers behind these barred applications aren’t ready to stand by and see their applications go to dust.

A recent report has observed that, the developers whose creations have been denied by Apple Inc. are taking an alternative route or to be precise, an underground route to ensure that the applications reach the millions of iPhone and iPod Touch users who deserve the usability of these apps. The developers have found a new way to reach to the masses, by putting their application on Cydia. This website has been created specifically for developers and consumers alike who wish to distribute and for those who wish to use the applications that have been denied by Apple to be available via the Apple Apps Store. Cydia is also provides a dedicated platform for the developers to earn some money off their creations.

The downside (or not) of using the applications available from Cydia is that, the users need to jailbreak their iPhones, as without doing so, the device will reject these applications. Cydia is the brainchild of Jay Freeman, who is considered to be the father of ‘jailbreak’ as far as Apple iPhone is concerned and is more popularly known as Saurik. Those users, who wish to use Google Voice application on their iPhone can avail this great service from Cydia, even though, Apple has removed the Google Voice app from its Apps Store.

According to Freeman, almost 4 million users worldwide have already jailbreaked their iPhone and iPod Touch devices to use Cydia. This accounts to 10% of over 40 million iPhone users, who are currently running Cydia on their devices, to use the applications that they require, but Apple had banned them.

One of the developers, Kim Streich, who sold his iPhone app, called 3G Unrestrictor for $19,000 via Cydia said,

“People are so annoyed by Apple and their s—, and if you give them opportunity to go around it, then they’ll even pay for it.”

Via CNN.