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This is a bug in Angry Birds, not the DRM. You're supposed to check the receipt's bundle ID actually matches that of your app, and they didn't. If you try this

by bonaldi 16y ago

This is a bug in Angry Birds, not the DRM. You're supposed to check the receipt's bundle ID actually matches that of your app, and they didn't. If you try this with other paid-for apps it will fail.

Skroob 16y ago
I'm honestly surprised that some people are so desperate to not pay $5 for Angry Birds. I mean, I sort of understand pirating $800 apps like Adobe's suite, but $5 for a bird slingshot game? For full disclosure's sake, I am an iOS and Mac developer, so I have some skin in the game.
- dangrossman 16y ago
  Considering hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people get the same game for free on Android phones/tablets, there's some strangeness to paying for it on other platforms.
  - ssclafani 16y ago
    It's only free because the Android marketplace hasn't yet matured enough for a paid app. To compensate, the Android version has ads.
    - frio 16y ago
      It's definitely matured enough, and Rovio initially intended to release a paid app alongside the free one. However, they still haven't, and given that press release from a month or so ago stating they were on track to earn $1m per month from the "free" version, I'm starting to see why they haven't. I doubt they'd make anywhere near as much ongoing ad revenue if they released the game for a dollar or two.
  - ugh 16y ago
    They get the game with ads. There is no strangeness at all about not paying for a version with ads and paying for a version without them.
    - mechanical_fish 16y ago
      I looked over the shoulder of someone playing Angry Birds with ads. The paid version was worth every penny. There is nothing on this earth more jarring to a game design than having some out-of-context ad pop up on the screen. Particularly when the screen is already half the size of a decent postcard.
      - McP 16y ago
        Disable 3G and wireless on your Android phone and you won't see any ads :)
  - wccrawford 16y ago
    I would gladly pay to play Angry Birds ad-free on Android. Or at least, I would have while I was still playing it.
    - mishmash 16y ago
      > Or at least, I would have while I was still playing it. Ohhh nice burn. ;)
      - wccrawford 16y ago
        Actually, it's not a burn. The game, like most others, only has so many levels. I've gotten past all of them, and I don't find it fun to try to get 3 stars on them all. So until it updates with more levels, I don't feel any need to play it.
    - steve-howard 16y ago
      As a friend of mine pointed out when I complained: http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.bigtincan.android.adfree/ http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.bigtincan.android.adfree... I'm not going to comment on the ethics, just noting that there is a "solution." (Also: requires root)
    - pacoverdi 16y ago
      I recently bought an Archos 101 Android tablet and installed Angry Birds (from the included AppsLib). I never saw any ad... Bug or feature?
- alextgordon 16y ago
  Whoever wrote this clearly thought it would work on other, more expensive apps. Perhaps they didn't have the money to actually test it :)
- Legion 16y ago
  I think you assume the wrong motivation.

by bonaldi 16y ago

This is a bug in Angry Birds, not the DRM. You're supposed to check the receipt's bundle ID actually matches that of your app, and they didn't. If you try this with other paid-for apps it will fail.

Skroob 16y ago

I'm honestly surprised that some people are so desperate to not pay $5 for Angry Birds. I mean, I sort of understand pirating $800 apps like Adobe's suite, but $5 for a bird slingshot game? For full disclosure's sake, I am an iOS and Mac developer, so I have some skin in the game.

dangrossman 16y ago
Considering hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people get the same game for free on Android phones/tablets, there's some strangeness to paying for it on other platforms.
- ssclafani 16y ago
  It's only free because the Android marketplace hasn't yet matured enough for a paid app. To compensate, the Android version has ads.
  - frio 16y ago
    It's definitely matured enough, and Rovio initially intended to release a paid app alongside the free one. However, they still haven't, and given that press release from a month or so ago stating they were on track to earn $1m per month from the "free" version, I'm starting to see why they haven't. I doubt they'd make anywhere near as much ongoing ad revenue if they released the game for a dollar or two.
- ugh 16y ago
  They get the game with ads. There is no strangeness at all about not paying for a version with ads and paying for a version without them.
  - mechanical_fish 16y ago
    I looked over the shoulder of someone playing Angry Birds with ads. The paid version was worth every penny. There is nothing on this earth more jarring to a game design than having some out-of-context ad pop up on the screen. Particularly when the screen is already half the size of a decent postcard.
    - McP 16y ago
      Disable 3G and wireless on your Android phone and you won't see any ads :)
- wccrawford 16y ago
  I would gladly pay to play Angry Birds ad-free on Android. Or at least, I would have while I was still playing it.
  - mishmash 16y ago
    > Or at least, I would have while I was still playing it. Ohhh nice burn. ;)
    - wccrawford 16y ago
      Actually, it's not a burn. The game, like most others, only has so many levels. I've gotten past all of them, and I don't find it fun to try to get 3 stars on them all. So until it updates with more levels, I don't feel any need to play it.
  - steve-howard 16y ago
    As a friend of mine pointed out when I complained: http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.bigtincan.android.adfree/ http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.bigtincan.android.adfree... I'm not going to comment on the ethics, just noting that there is a "solution." (Also: requires root)
  - pacoverdi 16y ago
    I recently bought an Archos 101 Android tablet and installed Angry Birds (from the included AppsLib). I never saw any ad... Bug or feature?
alextgordon 16y ago
Whoever wrote this clearly thought it would work on other, more expensive apps. Perhaps they didn't have the money to actually test it :)
Legion 16y ago
I think you assume the wrong motivation.