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Apple plans to rent out apps to prevent piracy

Apple is still on its adamant track to prevent jailbreaking and pirating apps, even though it's not technically illegal.

October 04, 2011 / 12:20 IST
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Apple is still on its adamant track to prevent jailbreaking and pirating apps, even though it's not technically illegal. They're taking into account that most people pirate apps to try them out, instead of spending a whole dollar on an app they don't even know if they'll use. For these pirates, Apple brings a new offer to the table. In the strings of the new iTunes Beta, it looks like Apple is planning on creating a rental scheme for apps from the App Store. The apps will have a rental period and will be automatically deleted, once the rental period runs out. Click here for full story

first published: Oct 4, 2011 12:20 pm

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