Ashley Aitken <[email protected]> squawked out on Monday 29-Aug-2011@20:43:29 > On 29/08/2011, at 7:33 AM, objectwerks inc wrote: > >> >> >> no. Any software you buy on the App Store can be installed on any machine >> you own from your iTunes account. This is part of the deal. And none of >> the software has user keys. It is all built-in to the store software that >> you embed in your app to get it on the store. > > Yes, this is very enticing (at least for me), BUT this is what we thought as > well about the iTunes App Store for all your iOS devices (or at least I did) > and now I am a bit wary about this going forward with iCloud and all.
Er, what are you talking about? All App Store purchases are usable on ALL your iOS devices. If you buy angry birds for $0.99 and you own 47 iOS devices then you can run Angry Birds on all 47 iOS devices for the same $0.99. > Sure, the software is not DRM'ed (AFAIK), but if you want the benefits of App > Store Updates (future auto updates - or is that in Lion already) then you > will probably need to have those Mac logged into the same MobileMe/iCloud > account. The software _IS_ DRMed, and yes, you will have to login to your account in order to get updates. But you do not have to stay logged in to run the software (at least notes far as I can tell). > And what's to say in the future that Apple doesn't offer the *option* of > "locked down" Macs for those people who don't *want* the problems of malware > or having to manage their own Applications etc. Then your apps would be > defined by your iCloud login. Nothing wrong with that, is there? It’s pretty much already here. When you download an app from the MAS and launch it, it launches. When you download an app from the Internet, you get a dialog saying “This app was downloaded from the Internet, are you sure you want to run it?” > I suspect, in the end, every person will be paying once for all the apps they > use on Macs they use (and similarly for iOS devices). > > This is subtly different than paying once for all the apps they use on any > Macs they manage / control / have access to (and similarly for iOS devices). I don’t understand the distinction you are trying to make here. I have 5 macs currently that can run the Mac App Store; “And Yet it Moves” runs on all five of those Macs, including the MacBookPro when it is not connected to the Internet. -- Don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. You choices are half chance; so are everybody else's. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
