XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.privacy   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2023-03-12, nospam  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Indeed. This entire thread is a troll by the usual resident trolls.   
      
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