It looks like Apple is on to the “account sharing” loophole with the App Store, because iPhone 3.0 firmware is going to make you go to iTunes to re-download apps you’ve already bought. Here’s how the loophole works:
Currently, you’re able to hook your friends up with free apps by logging their phone into your iTunes account. Then, when they go to buy an app you already own, iTunes lets them download it again for free. No more!
It’s a mild inconvenience to have to sync your phone up with your computer to redownload apps you’ve already bought, but it’s a move by Apple that’s pretty understandable. Way to ruin it for the rest of us, unscrupulous loophole-exploiters! [The iPhone Blog via ZDNet]
Tristan
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 3:55 AMI use this all the time, but not as a loophole, but as a way to keep the amount of installed apps on my phone to a self imposed 4 page limit! It’s really great when you are out and want to show someone an app that you have long since deleted from your iPhone, but legitimately paid for!