Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ...
by rzwitserloot on Thursday July 30, 2020 @08:04AM
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It is trivial to track that an app has never been opened on a device and automatically uninstall it in that case. Seems weird to fall all over the notion that 'oh no! apple can delete my apps remotely!' - but you're fine with 'apple can install apps remotely'.
Uninstalling an automatically installed, never-opened app is not a breach of the personality of your device.
Re:When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple refunds its ...
by nomel on Friday July 31, 2020 @02:47PM
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> It is trivial to track that an app has never been opened on a device and automatically uninstall it in that case
Why would you want Apple to have access to everyones online/offline usage habits for apps, and scans every time you restore a backup?
Users can set each device to automatically download and install newly-purchased apps.
Imagine the case where there is a device you have misplaced (or given to a relative, or had stolen, or ___). You must find every device with auto-download and purge the app from each one before requesting a refund.
So you create a situation where it is possible that the user quite literally can't comply with the terms of the refund.
Perhaps a compromise would be to
1. Delete from the current device; and 2. To verify the status of each app during OTA updates (which, by definition, have connectivity to Apple's servers). Any refunded apps would be greyed-out or something.