What is Haklabs Favorite Food: Favorite Food, As disappointed as I may be to announce the following, I’m doing it for the betterment of the community… Word has it that there is a new app out there for jailbroken iPhone’s that goes by the name of ‘Installous’. In conjunction with another app called ‘AppShare’ you are supposedly capable of downloading App Store applications (yes, that includes those that have a price tag) and download them for free of charge.
Now, I don’t know about all of you, but I am HIGHLY against this act, and can guarantee that I will never install either of these applications on my iPod touch or future iPhone 3G. Fact is, my iPod touch isn’t even jailbroken anyway, but I will admit, that is because I am simply todio lazy to do so. But one thing I wouldn’t be too lazy to do, if I were a thieve, is jailbreak my iPod, and install AppShare and Installous. I just plain and simply don’t agree with such tardiness, nor do I agree with theft.
This is despicable, and the creator of said app should be jailed. As harsh as it sounds, do remember that he is literally stealing, and helping thousands (possibly even millions) of other people steal, the work of thousands of programmers, who work long and hard hours (or spend thousands of dollars hiring programmers) to produce these applications.
Readers, please keep in mind that this post was not intended to broadcast the fact that it is possible to steal from the App Store, but instead posted to share the fact that this is actually being done. I hope that if this news gets popular enough, Apple will take things into their own hands, and either rid the internet of said jailbreaking apps, or posts an update to fix said issue, making such illegalities no longer possible.
I can only ask that none of you actually go out and download these two apps and start downloading paid applications from the App Store… If you can’t afford it, don’t get it. It’s as simple as that, folks.
(via CBiPhone) Hey, want to know how I found this iPhone related blog? T’was quite easy, actually. The owner of CBiPhone is actually directly hot linking one of Touch Podium’s images. And not only that, but they are also making use of our “Frapstr.com” logo in a manner we disagree with, too!
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