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Screenshot: Apple to charge for re-downloading apps
The iPhone Blog reports that the iPhone 3.0 beta firmware may close a loophole known as “account sharing.” The practice allows one App Store account holder to share their login information with another user so that the second user can freely re-download apps purchased by the original ...
Apple to Start Charging for Re-Downloading Apps Over-the-Air?
Apple to Start Charging for Re-Downloading Apps Over-the-Air?
macrumors.com — The iPhone Blog reports that in the iPhone 3.0 beta firmware, users are being told that may... not re-download applications over-the-air without being charged. The dialog box (shown above), however, does indicate that users may still re-downlo... (more) Apple to Start Charging for Re-Downloading Apps ...
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iPhone 3.0 To Stop Allowing You to Re-Download Apps For Free [App Store]
Gizmodo — ... 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] ...

Rumor: iPhone 3.0 To Stop Allowing You to Re-Download Apps For Free [App Store]
Gizmodo — ... 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'd be 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] ...

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