If you've ever bought an app through the App Store and for whatever reason decided it didn't fit your needs and requested a refund for it then then you know that Apple doesn't delete the app for your device. In some cases, you'd still get updates for that app and even be able to download and reinstall it again.
That of course, isn't really fair to developers and some app scammers have abused the process for a while now. Download an app, demand a refund, and still have access to the app. Their time, it seems has come though.
At some point, Apple has changed this process to make it better for developers and help keep app scammers at bay as noted by @macguitar on Twitter. Now when the process is tried a new message pops up letting it be known that it's not possible to download the app as it was bought by a different user with a different Apple ID or a refund had been requested or the order was otherwise cancelled.
That's great for developers who I'm sure will be more than pleased to see that the hole has finally been closed. Anything that keeps app scammers out of the system is all the better, however I do have to wonder why it took so long to close this seemingly rather obvious hole. Are you a developer who's happy to see this finally shut down? Let us know in the comments how you feel about it.
Source: @macguitar
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