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The ill-fated tale of Phoneys that went #1 on the App Store

• sbierwagen 10y ago
  Apple doesn't have the ability to kill an app remotely? Because otherwise this guy is telling me to spend a buck on an app that might disappear.
  • Someone 10y ago
    Apple has that ability (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3358134/Apples-Jobs-confirms-iPhone-kill-switch.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3358134/Apples-Jobs-co...), but naturally, it wants to use "the atomic option" only in extreme situations. I don't think they have ever used it. Certainly, http://www.businessinsider.com/brazil-orders-apple-to-use-iphone-app-kill-switch-2014-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/brazil-orders-apple-to-use-ip... claims it was never used up to august 2014. I also would expect Apple would repay buyers if they ever did pull the switch, but don't take that as a guarantee.
  • pbhjpbhj 10y ago
    I think he's suggesting that you could; he's certainly "telling [you] to". You're allowed not to buy it!