Exactly. I'm quite sure that the DLC concept won't prevent pirates from cracking apps. It has nothing to do with money, it's a sport for the crackers.
I'm not If it was for the money, they would not crack a 99c app. But I think you are rigtht concerning PC, XBOX, PSP and Wii games.
The hackers are the ones spending the money to get the apps in the first place (either with their own money or begging for donations). For them it's ultimately about the street cred, making a name for themselves providing their "service" to pirates.
@midiangtx I had the same thougts about the purchase history.I am sure they can see it, but it seems like some People from apple do Not concentrate on doing the work correctly, in my case forgetting to check my purchases. The others: I do not hide anything...I had jailbroken my device to use designs and These cydia programms(Big Boss had Great ones) But my device crashed very often, so I installed the original firmware a Few weeks ago... I hope apple will react soon...
Just e-mail iTunes support. They will reset your password and your iTunes account will be fine. This is just a glitch in Apple's system.
The OP confirms that Apple is not limiting their bans to core hackers, like the news said. It's obvious that the firm wouldn't ban random IDs. Now if they take the time to do this, and considering how uneffective it would be to already veteran cydia pirates, they may know what they're doing. Which makes me think that iTunes and Appstore will be added some important features in the future.
@MilchMann: If that's the case then you have nothing to worry about. Just explain your problem well to Apple and I'm sure they'd solve it for you
No, this is an intentional move on Apple's part: http://gizmodo.com/5472033/is-apple-banning-iphone-hackers This is a really stupid move IMHO - Banning people who jailbreak from the App Store is only going to increase the number of people who pirate apps. If Apple blocks the only legit way to purchase apps, people will be forced to steal the app if they want to use it.
Yes, you can expect this to happen more and more. I read this a couple of days ago: http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/iPhone+news/news.asp?c=18507
I read that article before I read any others. I think that this is a glitch in Apple's system. If you read the comments on the article, people who were banned simply e-mailed Apple, they reset the passwords of the account, and their accounts were unbanned. I don't think Apple would ban an account and then unban it...
I'm pretty sure that this isn't a deliberate banning; there's no evidence of it either way and the blogs are just jumping to conclusions. For what it's worth I ran into this problem a couple of weeks ago (and I haven't jailbroken since the 3GS was released) and an E-Mail to Apple cleared it up. I just can't see Apple swinging the banhammer so broadly after all this time of tolerating (if not accepting) jailbroken devices, not when the customer base has grown to the proportions it has by now. Apple is far more likely to just keep plugging the holes with each new firmware version.
That KB article has been there since March '09, so it's not new. I say this is still a recent glitch that probably unintentionally effected a bunch of people.
