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Apple Launches '1 Billion App Countdown' Promotion

Porthos38 said:
The countdown is whack out.

I open two browsers windows at different times and the number never match up. We might have to keep and (EYE) on the countdown. If I win i'll share the itunes gift card with everyone :). I wish all you good luck on winning the prizes
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I see what you mean. I set up 9 windows, and there is almost 5 thousand between the highest and lowest :eek:

What's the deal with "NO PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD
OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING."????
What does this mean?
So we don't actually get more entries for the more apps we download?
 

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mickbab said:
I see what you mean. I set up 9 windows, and there is almost 5 thousand between the highest and lowest :eek:

What's the deal with "NO PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD
OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING."????
What does this mean?
So we don't actually get more entries for the more apps we download?
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The way they've phrased everything is confusing. If you read all of the terms and conditions, you'll find that the winner is indeed the person that buys the billionth app or the person that submits that no-purchase-necessary form after the selling of the 999,999,999th app. Entering many times doesn't give you more chance of winning, it just bumps up the number closer to the 1 billion mark so that someone can win.
In other words, they don't randomly draw a name that bought an app during the promotion as the winner. The winner is the person that buys the actual billionth app.

From Apple's terms and conditions:

5 - Sweepstakes ...The prize will be awarded for the entry (either through an app download or through the non-purchase online entry) sent immediately following the download of the 999,999,999th app.
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mickbab said:
I see what you mean. I set up 9 windows, and there is almost 5 thousand between the highest and lowest :eek:

What's the deal with "NO PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD
OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING."????
What does this mean?
So we don't actually get more entries for the more apps we download?
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It's basically saying no matter how many apps you download and/or purchase, that still will not increase your chance of winning.
 
Ivan P said:
The winner is the person that buys the actual billionth app.
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That's not what it (the terms) says at all. The competition finishes when the billionth app is downloaded, those that have taken part during the promotion will then go into a sweepstake where the winner will be chosen.

The 'No Purchase or Download' refers to a form that you can fill in to join the competition. My wife filled this is so that she can participate too.
 
BillyBobBongo said:
That's not what it (the terms) says at all. The competition finishes when the billionth app is downloaded, those that have taken part during the promotion will then go into a sweepstake where the winner will be chosen.

The 'No Purchase or Download' refers to a form that you can fill in to join the competition. My wife filled this is so that she can participate too.
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Read the term that I posted very carefully:

...The prize will be awarded for the entry sent immediately following the download of the 999,999,999th app.
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The prize will be given to the person that either purchases an app or submits that No Purchase form immediately after the 999,999,999th app is sold. Please, if you're so insistent that you are right find the part in the T&C that backs you up.
 
I've read it all again and I'm happy to hold my hand up and say that I was mistaken. I should drink coffee before I post! ;) The text you quoted could be interpreted in either way, but if you read the full text on the site then it does indeed say that the billionth download will win.

What still throws me though is the choice of the word 'sweepstake'. It seems odd to use such a word.
 
Okay so now that we have clarified that it is indeed the one billionth purchase who wins, I have another question.


Limit: Regardless of which method of entry is used to enter the Promotion, only twenty-five (25) entries per person and/or iTunes account and/or email address, per day will be granted.
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If it isn't actually an entry/lucky draw system, why do they say this? :confused:
 
mickbab said:
If it isn't actually an entry/lucky draw system, why do they say this? :confused:
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So that the App Store doesn't get endlessly spammed when it gets close to the billionth download. Say you were spamming, and you got it on your 100th download, you don't win. Simple.
 
Lol, oh well xD Odd how it stops at 999,999,900 and not actually 1 billion before that page shows :p

Might attempt to start downloading soon.
 
Wow.

Just wow.. Both the iTunes download counter and the apple.com website both were sync at 999,950,000ish so I thought it would be a good time to download. Obviously everyone did, within a second or two it was at 1 billion.

Good luck to anyone that got an entry in. Apple.com was still counting up ages after it finished on iTunes :p
 
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