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I would argue that the target audience of the app store isn't tech-savvy enough to do this anyway. Sure, it's easy to HN readers, but to the general public it

I would argue that the target audience of the app store isn't tech-savvy enough to do this anyway. Sure, it's easy to HN readers, but to the general public it probably "sounds too hard."

uptown 16y ago
The target audience of what? The app store? Each app? In Apple's eyes, their target audience is the entire computing population ... and it's not a stretch to think that an exploit like this will be simplified for the masses now that it's been identified.
w1ntermute 16y ago
> I would argue that the target audience of the app store isn't tech-savvy enough to do this anyway. That's what people said about piracy on the iPhone, but I know plenty of non-tech savvy people who use Cydia or whatever to get free apps.
- lukeschlather 16y ago
  The clunkiness of the iOS store has to play at least a part. Compared to using a music player on your computer, Cydia is a pretty user-friendly and elegant way to install applications.
  - meat-eater 16y ago
    I'm not sure if I misunderstood your comment. But as far as I know most iOS users install apps using the app store built into the device. It's really not much different, if not more polished than the cydia store. I think the real reason for the popularity of cydia is that 1) it has a user friendly UI 2) you can get apps on it that will not make it to the app store and 3) some people are just too cheap to pay for some apps and use it to pirate them
alex_c 16y ago
You'd be surprised what lengths people will go to just to get some free stuff.
jsz0 16y ago
I'm sure Apple will tighten it up a bit but if it stops casual piracy that's probably good enough. More sophisticated and invasive DRM schemes don't stop people anyway. It's a waste of time to go much further than "keeping the honest people honest" style protections.
joakin 16y ago
This is true, but somebody will do a program to automatize and all this non tech-savvy will install it and use it. It always happens the same...

I would argue that the target audience of the app store isn't tech-savvy enough to do this anyway. Sure, it's easy to HN readers, but to the general public it probably "sounds too hard."

uptown 16y ago

The target audience of what? The app store? Each app? In Apple's eyes, their target audience is the entire computing population ... and it's not a stretch to think that an exploit like this will be simplified for the masses now that it's been identified.

w1ntermute 16y ago

> I would argue that the target audience of the app store isn't tech-savvy enough to do this anyway. That's what people said about piracy on the iPhone, but I know plenty of non-tech savvy people who use Cydia or whatever to get free apps.

lukeschlather 16y ago
The clunkiness of the iOS store has to play at least a part. Compared to using a music player on your computer, Cydia is a pretty user-friendly and elegant way to install applications.
- meat-eater 16y ago
  I'm not sure if I misunderstood your comment. But as far as I know most iOS users install apps using the app store built into the device. It's really not much different, if not more polished than the cydia store. I think the real reason for the popularity of cydia is that 1) it has a user friendly UI 2) you can get apps on it that will not make it to the app store and 3) some people are just too cheap to pay for some apps and use it to pirate them

alex_c 16y ago

You'd be surprised what lengths people will go to just to get some free stuff.

jsz0 16y ago

I'm sure Apple will tighten it up a bit but if it stops casual piracy that's probably good enough. More sophisticated and invasive DRM schemes don't stop people anyway. It's a waste of time to go much further than "keeping the honest people honest" style protections.

joakin 16y ago

This is true, but somebody will do a program to automatize and all this non tech-savvy will install it and use it. It always happens the same...