XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Jolly Roger   
    wrote:   
      
   > >>>>> Why else do you think they put a number that is only for you into   
   > >>>>> each app?   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> anti-piracy.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> If it's for anti-piracy, then you have to ask why do even the many   
   > >>> free unrestricted apps get that unique number that Apple uses only   
   > >>> for you?   
   > >>   
   > >> i don't have to ask anything, because unlike you, i know the answer.   
   > >   
   > > That lame excuse of "piracy" is preposterous for free unrestricted   
   > > apps.   
   >   
   > Wrong, since most free apps have optional in-app purchases which   
   > naturally require a valid App Store account in order to work.   
      
   true, but the reason goes back before in-app purchases (another ios   
   first that the trolls ignore).   
      
   developers set the price of their apps, which can change at any time   
   for any reason, most commonly for promotional purposes.   
      
   that means that a paid app can instantly become a free app and a free   
   app can instantly become a paid app.   
      
   it should be obvious why it works the way it does, at least to those   
   who aren't trolls.   
      
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