Pirated iOS App Store Site Shuts Down

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 1, 2013 @02:08AM from the another-reason-to-stick-with-free-software dept.

SternisheFan writes with this excerpt from CNET: "Installous, a major portal for pirated paid apps from Apple's App Store, won't be around anymore. Development team Hackulous today announced the closure of Installous on their official Web site. As of today, the pirated app store no longer works, and only shows these errors: 'Outdated version. Installous will now terminate' or 'API Error. API unavailable.' For many years, Installous offered complete access to thousands of paid iOS apps for free for anyone with a jailbroken iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Think of it as being able to walk into a fancy department store, steal anything you want, and never get caught."

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Omg, I have to pay by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-01 02:15 · Score: 1, Funny

No free books and music
No free games
Wtf is wrong with the world
How do we get out rights back from these greedy a$$holes charging $.99 a game?
Re:Piracy = Theft Analogy by Sam+H · 2013-01-01 03:27 · Score: 2, Funny

Oh wow, the first attempt to justify a piracy site not by directly defending it but by making a pointless semantic argument.

Oh wow, looks like the second Slashdot troll of the year!

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