With 10 pirated copies for every 1 sale, iOS dev pulls game after just one week

Re:With 10 pirated copies for every 1 sale, iOS dev pulls ga... by jiggy2011 on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @07:12AM (#4870543)

Simplest way would be to automatically email the customer a link with a long randomly generated number (only valid once) when they purchase, when you hit that URL it prompts you to set a username and password.

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Re:With 10 pirated copies for every 1 sale, iOS dev pulls ga... by hmottestad on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @07:16AM (#4870549)

Does the email address come on the purchase report to the seller from Apple?

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Re:With 10 pirated copies for every 1 sale, iOS dev pulls ga... by jiggy2011 on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @07:32AM (#4870598)

I have no idea, not an iOS developer. I assume there must be some API or email proxy that you can use to contact customers if they don't reveal the actual address.

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Re:With 10 pirated copies for every 1 sale, iOS dev pulls ga... by hmottestad on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @09:01AM (#4870907)

I don't think there is a way to get any details at all about a specific purchase on the app store except when using in app purchases.

When using in app purchases you will get a receipt from apple that is signed with their certificate that you can process and send to your own servers to limit pirates from accessing the servers.

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