Multiple iPhone household? Share your apps.

is it true that there's a limit of up to 5 computers? how about in my case, i have an iphone, my 2 brothers have an itouch each, we only use one pc in the house and one itunes account when buying, does that count as "3" in the limit or only "1" since we only use one pc? thanks

This is all well within the rights of a sla. I have two iphones (mine and my wife's) but one itunes account. I don't use different log ins on my computers either. When we purchase an app on itunes and then purchase it on either phone it says something like "you already purchased this, do you want to download it again?"

How else should it work? I'm an iphone developer and I know that if I'm selling an app it might be installed on an average of 1.2 phones per purchase. No big.

(yes I pulled 1.2 out of my arse.. but I'm just saying you can expect some sharing)

The AppStore apps have been cracked today in case any1 was wondering...
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This can not be illegal in any way! My girlfriend and I live together, and as such we share income and expences together. Music companies can not expect us to buy two copies of each cd that we crave and this applies to the App Store purchases as well. We have our own two separate macs, but we share the same iTunes account. If I like a program, I pay for it. If my girlfriend wants to buy the same one, she obviously cant pay for it since I already did. It´s quite impossible actually. So, this cannot be illegial.

My question is associated but a little different - does anyone know what Apple's policy is regarding re-selling "used" iPhone apps? I bought Super Monkey Ball - and hate the action...in fact I find it unusable - and would prefer not to throw $10 down the drain.

This seems very useful. I will try this on my iPhone and see how it goes. Thanks for sharing.


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Piracy he said????!!!

Does that mean I have to buy two PS2's and two copies of the same game ore each of my "hypothetical" kids to play with?? Get real.

Families listen to each others music, watch each others DVDs and play each others PS2 games (sometimes together!)

So yes, families will listen to each others digital music, watch each others downloaded movies, and play each others iTunes Apps Games.

Piracy...sheesh!

yes, this is true. We wrote about this on the launch of the iPhone 3G on July 11th. All 4 or our iPhones can download any apps bought on any of the other iPhones for free. The iTunes receipt also reflects this.

http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2008/07/11/get-all-app-store-apps-for-free/

Dang 1password! Old saved comment, sorry.

What I meant to post was about the high improbability of piracy on the Touch OS. For all the talk of Apple taking a slice of the price of each app and at least one developer above unhappy with even Fairplay's restrictions, I would think developers would be very happy with the fact that piracy is basically non-existent on this platform. That fact, combined with lower app prices (lower barrier to entry), makes me think that developers would be seeing much higher sales. Given a little time, would this be more profitable than selling more expensive apps on OS X?

That's interesting... I'm surprised Apple would even allow that. Not to mention that it goes against every other app's internal settings model.