macrumors.com — When Apple launched the App Store, they suggested that the use of DRM'd and signed applications could allow them to protect the iPhone from malicious applications and suggested that they could deactivate such applications remotely. Jonathan Zdziarski, author of iPhone Forensics reveals (via iPhone Atlas)
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apocalyptic0n3Aug 7, 2008
I forgot about DRM but the XBLA cleanup didn't affect people who had already bought the game. This is taking a product away from users who have paid for it.
worminaterAug 7, 2008
Apple makes little to nothing on the free app. Read what you type; you proved my point.
asrrin29Aug 7, 2008
Windows Mobile gives you the freedom to install anything yo want on your phone. It also gives you the freedom to easily brick your phone if you are not careful. It's for people that want control over their data, like me. funny thing is that Microsoft, a closed source environment, is much more open then apple is when it comes to mobile platforms.
aperobotAug 7, 2008
This would be understandable if they were all malicious apps Apple was disabling, but as JasonQG points out above, iPint seems to have disappeared from my phone, without notice, as well. We're talking about a game here, one that requires no network connectivity, access to other iPhone apps, and has never crashed (as opposed to several apps that are still on my phone). My only guess would be that the app is so popular that they are toying with a paid version, or prepping some sort of age restriction for downloading it. iPint is now missing from the App Store as well...
jasonqgAug 7, 2008
If Apple has the ability to remotely deactivate apps, what's to stop them from doing it for arbitrary reasons?
ozziekAug 8, 2008
I bet you bought the $1000 app didn't you?