Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID And Password

Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by piyush_soni on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @02:07AM (#7101264)

Admittedly, Android does it much better by providing oAuth, an easy way to get the users sign in, and of course APIs for almost all the popular features. And also, for installing $0 apps you don't need any credit card details at all. Even the buttons are different "Install" v/s "Buy".

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Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by k-mcgrady on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @04:15AM (#7101625)

>> Admittedly, Android does it much better by providing oAuth, an easy way to get the users sign in, and of course APIs for almost all the popular features.

First of all this has nothing to do with iOS/Android. This is an app trying to access a web service. Apple needs to provide oath or similar for accessing their iCloud services.

>> And also, for installing $0 apps you don't need any credit card details at all. Even the buttons are different "Install" v/s "Buy".

This is untrue. I couldn't download any free apps until I had setup a merchant account with credit card.

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Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by rajivm on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @05:52AM (#7101908)

You've always been able to use Google Play for free apps without a credit card...

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Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by k-mcgrady on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @09:31AM (#7102665)

I got an Android device about 6 months ago and couldn't download any apps until I'd setup a credit card.

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Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by omnipath on Friday January 24, 2014 @08:07AM (#7114705)

Not true. What probably happened was that your Google Play account was tied to your mobile (i.e. Verizon) account, so charges made in Google Play was pushed to Verizon, who then pushed those charges to you. T-Mobile used to do that, and I needed no credit card, until about two years ago, when one was needed because T-Mobile or Google no longer wanted to do business that way.

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Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by piyush_soni on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @02:09PM (#7104650)

>> First of all this has nothing to do with iOS/Android...

I know it's not. I was just hinting the plus sides of a competitive product, something the new users should know, and something Apple should learn from. It's less about the app, and more about what the app is allowed to do, yet.

>> This is untrue.

No, it's not. You mean Google asked you to setup a "Merchant" account for being a "customer" of $0 apps? ... Think again. :)

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Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by Moru on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @06:08AM (#7101935)

That's funny, I just bought a new one and can install things fine without a credit card.

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Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by piyush_soni on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @02:17PM (#7104702)

Because it has always been that way. Funny would be Google asking you to setup a 'merchant' account for installing free apps.

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Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by krisgenre on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @07:04AM (#7102092)

Not sure about other countries but here, in India, we can download free apps on Android without having to setup an account with credit card.

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Re:Apparently It’s OK For iOS Apps To Ask For Your Apple ID ... by adnrw on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:55PM (#7106919)

You can set up an iTunes account without a credit card quite easily too: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2534

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