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Be interesting to note how they fair against the model they just replaced. Sadly, my top speck 11" has no mention of a manufacturer other than "Apple SSD".
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Ignorance of SSD Technology causes bad articles to be written. So enlighten us.
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Quote: Originally Posted by sdbryan Well I haven't been ostracized recently so I'll take the risk here. This is quite unfair to Tallest Skil. First stuffe concluded his initial post with "Nope, I call BS." Hardly a modest question. ThirdPrize exp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil "Just" proving you wrong? So you admit you're wrong. There's nothing more to say. You can modify plists to tell applications what devices they can run on. There are tutorials to do this on several sites…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Sure it is. That's how people got some of Apple's iPhone-only apps to run on the iPad when it first came out. Strange, then, that there's even a .plist specifically for use by the OS itself that can…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ThirdPrize There is a switch you set when you build an app to say if it's for the pad, phone or both. I suspect they just cracked it using the usual piracy tools and set the flag to pad (or both). Then when you run i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Facebook's official native iPad application, rumored to be released soon, has been discovered hidden inside of the currently available iPhone-only software on the App Store. .... The concealed software …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Yeah, any verification step needs to be remote but another option that's interesting is the one some apps on Steam use. I think it's been cracked already but it still makes things more difficult as you have to d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shadow415 I don't think you understand what was originally posted. The "simple 3 lines of code" check that was suggested is something along the lines of: if (x != y) { piratedCopy(); } I'm saying that it is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wovel Mine was an estimate. I actually ignored all the numbers in the article because their data was clearly pure garbage. You also need to factor in returns. Maybe this game sucks and people played it for 30 seco…
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Quote: Originally Posted by shadow415 ...which will be bypassed by a cracker in about the time it takes the programmer to type those 3 lines of code in. Not so! This is how it all works. The developer codes his app. When done, it's packag…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mrstep But as you say, if the head of the household is buying the app and installing it on the kids devices, it's both legit and will look like piracy from the numbers. It will only look like it if they decide tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mrstep While there definitely IS piracy, as you point out: The numbers from multiple devices really make it harder to come up with an accurate count. In my home: iPad2, 2 iPads (kids), my iPhone 4, daughter's iPod t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Possibly, but I'm not sure you can tell if your app is pirated. . The dev should point out how how he does it exactly for interest, but be assured using a clumsy installs V sales method is not it. The…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wovel This btw is the answer. Apparently this DEV did not understand what he was signing up for. I would guess less then one of ten copies he suspects is pirated actually is. Would have been cool if some thought and…
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Quote: Originally Posted by fabian9 Would you mind elaborating on how I'm confusing anything here and what iTunes has to do with it? The scenario I described above happens on the device, not on iTunes. He means the App store App. That app …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Steven N. How do you determine "pirated"? When an application is tied to a single iTunes account but frequent multiple devices, you can simply compare number of sales VS unique device IDs. Without being able to tie i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by timgriff84 I don't write app for iPhone, but speaking as a dev I'm slightly shocked Apple has left it's own device open to piracy on that level. It wouldn't be that hard to make some DRM that isn't going to be hacked q…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TimUSCA You can tell that your app has been pirated, but you can't tell which ones were pirated. Not from looking at a Game Centre screen, but by performing a simple piece of investigation into something as simple a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bloggerblog I'm kinda getting tired of FB's lack of features on iOS. Obviously they're flexing some muscle in an attempt to dismiss Apple's influence on FB. Think of it this way. What possible benefit is there to F…