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The OP is complaining about Game Center being usable for pirated games. The problem there is though: How would Apple be able to find out that your installation
by pilif 15y ago
The OP is complaining about Game Center being usable for pirated games. The problem there is though: How would Apple be able to find out that your installation is pirated?
Checking the signature? That can be patched out. Make it so that only accounts who have bought a game can be used in Game Center?
That's the obvious solution, but it would really hur people sharing an itunes account in a household. My girlfriend also uses my apple account, saving us the money for buying apps twice.
And while this might feel like exploiting the terms of services a bit, think of children's iphones sharing their parents account which is probably even OK from a TOS point of view.
Should these children (which are a huge part of the Game Centers audience) be unable to use the game center features?
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- eropple 15y agoWhy not check the Apple account? If it's in your purchase history, you're validated; otherwise, no.
- pilif 15y agothat was my point: At the moment the Game Center account doesn't have to be the account used for purchase. The reason for that is account sharing within the same household.
- evilduck 15y agoBecause you can legitimately install apps from multiple AppleIDs on a single device, and thus, are able to play a game purchased from one account while logging into Game Center with another. Apple could obviously stop that, but it would probably anger more legitimate purchasers than it would convert pirates into customers.
- eropple 15y agoHuh, had no idea you could load multiple Apple IDs onto a single device. Learn something new every day.