Whats your View of Cracked Apps?

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You can afford an iPhone but you can't afford a dollar now and then? You shouldn't have an iPhone in the first place because you've got much, much bigger problems.

 

[AppleScruff1]

Uncle Steve needs every dime in your pocket, and some here give him their checkbook and cc numbers to boot.

 

[steadysignal]

i have paid for more apps on the apple platform in the past year than i have in my whole computing life (20 years.)

its worth it to be legit i think...

 

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Uncle Steve needs every dime in your pocket, and some here give him their checkbook and cc numbers to boot.

Your choice. You have a choice to *not* buy anything. You can buy one app a month, or 100. It's up to you.

Last I checked, my credit card info is pretty safe with Apple. A lot of online vendors keep your cc info when you log in. It's normal.

Uncle Steve, the *other* Uncle Steve, Uncle Jeff (Bezos), that tea shop your order from overseas, the list goes on.

And yeah, companies would like our money. That's kinda why they sell and promote goods and services.

 

[AppleScruff1]

Your choice. You have a choice to *not* buy anything. You can buy one app a month, or 100. It's up to you.

Last I checked, my credit card info is pretty safe with Apple. A lot of online vendors keep your cc info when you log in. It's normal.

Uncle Steve, the *other* Uncle Steve, Uncle Jeff (Bezos), that tea shop your order from overseas, the list goes on.

And yeah, companies would like our money. That's kinda why they sell and promote goods and services.

Except if I want anything I have to buy it from Steve. He's very greedy and selfish.

 

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Except if I want anything I have to buy it from Steve. He's very greedy and selfish.

That's . . . the goal in business. As in, you're the only source for what people want.

It's as if you're completely disconnected from reality.

Steve Jobs is no more "greedy and selfish" than anyone else who runs a business for a profit. Do you want him to give stuff away? People need to make money. Apple offers goods and services, and *shock* you pay for them. On top of that, the App Store is quite popular with developers, mostly because it makes them money too.

What is wrong with "buying it from Steve"? What difference would it make if you could get iOS apps *elsewhere*? You'd still have to pay for the ones that cost money. At least on the App Store they're all in one place. That's the point. Good for the consumer. And a lot of the good ones are only a buck, and a lot of good ones are FREE. Also good for the consumer. What's the problem? Are hundreds of thousands of apps not enough for you to find something useful?

 

[zweigand]

If you want free, go Android. Apps plastered with ads are your new best friend.

Pirating is for kids. Most iOS apps are cheaper than dessert at a restaurant. Skip the cheesecake...

As far as "releasing software for free and relying on donations" goes ...LMAO! I have a little experience in this area. I have released several apps that I made for myself with the hopes that some other Mac users would find them useful. No, I wasn't in it for the money, but I did throw a paypal donate button on my site just to see if anyone would bite. Since 2007 I can say I have had 4 donations, one of which I refunded because they were interested in me adding features and I had no intention of spending the required time doing it. Didn't feel right keeping the money. All the other donations together totaled something around $25. The apps combined have been downloaded ~50,000 times from macupdate.com alone. I also had them listed on versiontracker and a couple on apple's download page so total downloads are quite a bit higher. Sounds lucrative, eh?

 

[ESPN]

let's see how fast this get deleted by the mods.... I bet on 10 min or less of this post.

Its been 3+ months .....Whats your point?

 

[decafjava]

Except if I want anything I have to buy it from Steve. He's very greedy and selfish.

So to get back at "Steve" you want to screw the devs who still get 70% of what gets paid in the app store? Well screw you for that attitude.