Final Fantasy iOS game shuts down over unfixable bug

Doesn't explain the technical why it can't be fixed. Everywhere seems like another PR post. Anyone has a more detailed explanation?

Considering the timing (January 24th), it's probably related to Apple's switch from a SHA-1 signing certificate to a new SHA-256 one: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/technotes/tn3138-h...

It's possible their receipt validation code doesn't support SHA-256, and they can't/won't update it. Maybe the source code was lost, the team was disbanded, or they're just not bringing in enough iOS IAP revenue to justify the engineering cost.

I don't know what's going on behind the scenes at Apple, but my Halide Camera app (by Lux) bought using a different App Store account stopped working when that account is logged out as well.

(It's a different country's account, so merging purchases between accounts wouldn't work.)

Halide's support attributed this to a recent change with how the App Store works.

It's not unfixable, it's just more expensive than throwing everything away.

But hey, let's blame the bug. Pesky things, they just creep up on you when you least expect it.