Widespread iTunes and App Store Terms and Conditions Bug Preventing New Purchases and Downloads [Update: Resolved]

I'm getting the same error, can't download/update any apps.

Reminds me South park eposide and Apple's terms and conditions policy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ23kosLFec

Getting the same on my MacBook Air on 10.8.2.

Not happy, need to download xcode tonight.

MacSniss said:

Two interesting observations:

1) DoS attacks on 6 major US banks occurred earlier this past week... appears like some Mideast group, surprisingly no media attention:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/business/cyberattacks-on-6-american-banks-frustrate-customers.html

2) I wonder if this is related to the bug(?) in iCloud upgrading people to 25G until the year 2050?

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any thoughts on the above?

KPOM said:

It is in homage to the first such scandal, which brought down a president. I believe it was called "Watergate-gate".

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Actually the first "gate" was "Agate." It was very colorful. Next was Golden-gate or maybe it was Col-gate, I get those two confused. The presidential thingy came way after!

Cheers!

RASTER-gate

Apple gets, what, 30% of revenue from the App Store? They know its broken. They're losing money every second. I'm sure they're on it.

Itunes issue as well

Not only does this issue affect iOS, but iTunes purchases from Mac's as well!

ugh!

I can't play any of my music in iTunes Match either.

This is a reoccurring issue with Apple's stores and their Terms and conditions. I'm sick of dealing with this crap! Stop running this company like Apes.

I think it's fixed now.

Fixed

Instant gratification isn't so gratifying sometimes? Really?

carloslegarda said:

Because of Bill Gates?

But seriously... I think it stems from Antenna-gate which I think was named the Watergate Scandal which was an attempt to cover up a break-in. Because Apple attempted to cover up the flaw of the iPhone 4 antenna it was named Antenna-gate.

Now, whenever Apple does something that to critic's eyes seems flawed, they just add a -gate at the end.

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Specifically a break-in to the Democratic National Convention Headquarters by members of Nixon's re-election committee.

Could be that Apple is updating iTunes to 8.0, which seems like a pretty big upgrade. Apple's site said iTunes 8 was coming in October… if international stores don't have the problem, then maybe they get iTunes 8 later. This is my bet.

I don't know if anyone's mentioned this but if you go through all 42 pages and then agree, the app starts downloading and the ToS does not return. I guess they want to be able to say that you read all 42 pages and don't have a leg to stand on if you have a complaint or say that you didn't know about it.

Fixed...
A temporary glitch, not a big deal
This is definitely not on par with Maps

Appstore works. You're just holding the phone wrong.

It only made me agree once, then downloaded. Perhaps it is fixed now?

I joined this forum specifically to seek help with my 4S w/ iOS6 experiencing this problem... guess that's that then lol. Good to know at least it's a mass problem and not specific to me!

This is very annoying.

workaround/issue resolved?

Either the issue is resolved for me or I found a workaround. Here is what I did:

1) Attempt to download/update an app.

2) Agree to terms and conditions as prompted.

3) Click on "Start shopping"

4) IMMEDIATELY download a free app.

Worked for me on the Mac App store. Although it may just be that they fixed the issue while I was doing this!

Fixed for me too YEAH!

rhkaneko said:

Could be that Apple is updating iTunes to 8.0, which seems like a pretty big upgrade. Apple's site said iTunes 8 was coming in October… if international stores don't have the problem, then maybe they get iTunes 8 later. This is my bet.

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iTunes 11, and they don't usually update things right at the beginning of the month

Working again.

rhkaneko said:

Could be that Apple is updating iTunes to 8.0, which seems like a pretty big upgrade. Apple's site said iTunes 8 was coming in October… if international stores don't have the problem, then maybe they get iTunes 8 later. This is my bet.

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iTunes 8? Why the hell are we going back to 2008?!

The store WORKS again! About time!