http://www.iphonestalk.com/iphone-app-piracy-already-emerging-as-a-problem/ iPhone 4.0 News, Reviews, Accessories and more | The latest iPhone 4.0 Accessories, News, Reviews, ringtones and more Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.iphonestalk.com/iphone-app-piracy-already-emerging-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 James Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:54:23 +0000 http://www.iphonestalk.com/?p=3172#comment-1135 There ARE demo versions of many apps in the Itunes Apps Store and there have been for quite some time. Not all of the apps but there are MANY demo verisons of apps available they usually have the same name as the real app but have "free" or "lite" attached to the name. People are pirating for the same reason as always, don't want to spend money if they don't have to. Stealing without penalty. There ARE demo versions of many apps in the Itunes Apps Store and there have been for quite some time. Not all of the apps but there are MANY demo verisons of apps available they usually have the same name as the real app but have “free” or “lite” attached to the name. People are pirating for the same reason as always, don’t want to spend money if they don’t have to. Stealing without penalty.

]]> http://www.iphonestalk.com/iphone-app-piracy-already-emerging-as-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 S†åç™ Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:30:16 +0000 http://www.iphonestalk.com/?p=3172#comment-1136 Why are people pirating iPhone apps? It's certainly not because of the high prices - many apps are very reasonably priced... for many, it's because there are NO DEMO VERSIONS of any apps available in the iTMS! There are NO REFUNDS for apps sold in the iTMS - even if the damn things don't work as advertised. There are many examples of applications there that had been 'reviewed and approved' but don't work (auctionsnap is a good example). So, people are turning to the alternative of getting a cracked version to try the apps to make sure they are functional (and fun!) before committing to a purchase. Until Apple can offer some refund mechanism or allow developers to produce demos of their apps, piracy will continue (and probably will for other reasons even if demos are offered - I'm a realist). IMHO, that is. Why are people pirating iPhone apps? It’s certainly not because of the high prices – many apps are very reasonably priced… for many, it’s because there are NO DEMO VERSIONS of any apps available in the iTMS! There are NO REFUNDS for apps sold in the iTMS – even if the damn things don’t work as advertised. There are many examples of applications there that had been ‘reviewed and approved’ but don’t work (auctionsnap is a good example). So, people are turning to the alternative of getting a cracked version to try the apps to make sure they are functional (and fun!) before committing to a purchase. Until Apple can offer some refund mechanism or allow developers to produce demos of their apps, piracy will continue (and probably will for other reasons even if demos are offered – I’m a realist). IMHO, that is.

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