Apple. Just figured out a way. To stop. Software piracy.
I'm pretty sure it's possible to pirate Steam games. I know it is possible to pirate iPhone apps. I wonder what makes this blogger thinks Apple will to better than with this app store.
I'm pretty sure it's possible to pirate Steam games. I know it is possible to pirate iPhone apps. I wonder what makes this blogger thinks Apple will to better than with this app store.
That said, I do think that platforms like this reduce piracy in general. Gabe Newell, in reference to steam, said something like "People didn't buy games because piracy was beating us at a service level" (not a direct quote). Having an app store like this reduces the headache of having to go to the store in some ways.
You can pirate nearly any game at the cost of loosing "official" multiplayer.This goes all the back to the first Starcraft or even earlier. But you can play on non-official (private) servers. I played pirated TF2 on a private server for a few weeks before my Orange Box arrived in the mail (yeah, old fashioned).