[OT] Mac App Store (was Gatekeeper)

[Bob Sneidar]

Because I can install it on all 250 Macs I have here at work after paying for it only once. That would still be piracy. 

Bob


On May 10, 2012, at 1:13 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 5/10/12 12:14 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
> 
>> More important than that though is Andrew's comment about users being able
>> to download as many copies as they want from the Apple Store after paying
>> for a single license.  If that really is the case, MAS does no more to
>> protect against piracy than the licensing scheme I already have in place
>> and seems to make validating the MAS a moot point.  Or is that just a case
>> of MAS hysteria :-)
> 
> I'm not sure how it would cause piracy. You can't transfer an app to another person who has a different Apple ID, so the only person who could use those multiple copies is the one who purchased it. They can install it on different devices, but it's still just them.
> 
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