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I mean they already track which device things are install and not installed on, a simple popup "please delete this app from all your devices in order to request
by km3r 6y ago
I mean they already track which device things are install and not installed on, a simple popup "please delete this app from all your devices in order to request a refund" would be all it takes .
Or if that's too much of a disruption for users, just requiring the current device to delete it would cover most cases and be better then the current situation.
- labcomputer 6y agoThat... wouldn't work. Users can set each device to automatically download and install newly-purchased apps. Imagine the case where there is a device you have misplaced (or given to a relative, or had stolen, or ___). You must find every device with auto-download and purge the app from each one before requesting a refund. So you create a situation where it is possible that the user quite literally can't comply with the terms of the refund. Perhaps a compromise would be to 1. Delete from the current device; and 2. To verify the status of each app during OTA updates (which, by definition, have connectivity to Apple's servers). Any refunded apps would be greyed-out or something.
- rzwitserloot 6y agoIt is trivial to track that an app has never been opened on a device and automatically uninstall it in that case. Seems weird to fall all over the notion that 'oh no! apple can delete my apps remotely!' - but you're fine with 'apple can install apps remotely'. Uninstalling an automatically installed, never-opened app is not a breach of the personality of your device.
- nomel 6y ago> It is trivial to track that an app has never been opened on a device and automatically uninstall it in that case Why would you want Apple to have access to everyones online/offline usage habits for apps, and scans every time you restore a backup?