Well, the reason that the Cydia store doesn't work, and that Saurik wasn't included in the discussions, is starting to become clear. A Chinese company paid the evad3rs a rumored 1 million dollars for the jailbreak, forcing their own App Store onto the phone.
If the computer running the jailbreak has Chinese as the main language, then the Chinese 太极 (taiji) market app is install. Cydia is available as an option, but it is deselected by default.
https://twitter.com/i0n1c/status/414784367215382528
https://twitter.com/i0n1c/status/414783332040179712
Confirmation:
https://twitter.com/Cre4t/status/414782483956133888
The default apps that get installed for Chinese users:
http://twitpic.com/dpl5k5
(via: https://twitter.com/a_titkov/status/414778967070359552)
The install screen for Chinese users:
http://twitpic.com/dpl4vz
(via https://twitter.com/a_titkov/status/414777987989774336)
So, if you want to run a heavily obfuscated application that exploits your phone, disables application signing, and installs uid 0 processes running on your phone... sponsored by China, go ahead. (The jailbreak app is heavily protected so that competing Chinese companies can't replace the Taiji app store with their own. But who knows what else is in there?)
If the computer running the jailbreak has Chinese as the main language, then the Chinese 太极 (taiji) market app is install. Cydia is available as an option, but it is deselected by default.
https://twitter.com/i0n1c/status/414784367215382528
https://twitter.com/i0n1c/status/414783332040179712
Confirmation:
https://twitter.com/Cre4t/status/414782483956133888
The default apps that get installed for Chinese users:
http://twitpic.com/dpl5k5
(via: https://twitter.com/a_titkov/status/414778967070359552)
The install screen for Chinese users:
http://twitpic.com/dpl4vz
(via https://twitter.com/a_titkov/status/414777987989774336)
So, if you want to run a heavily obfuscated application that exploits your phone, disables application signing, and installs uid 0 processes running on your phone... sponsored by China, go ahead. (The jailbreak app is heavily protected so that competing Chinese companies can't replace the Taiji app store with their own. But who knows what else is in there?)