iCloud Supports Re-Downloading Some Discontinued Apps

[ryanwarsaw]

I mentioned this in the DUI app section stating that the iCloud would do this, they (Apple) can also remove it from your iPhone and iPad OTA if they really don't want it out there anymore in iOS 5.

IF they do this than Apple will have to pay the user the cost of the app.

 

[beany boy]

I got my old Atari Centipede app back. It works great. I'm very happy about that.

 

[Fenir]

Tris was my first ever app download, and to this day, has never left my phone.

 

[coolbreeze]

You can also re-download applications you were previously refunded for.

Shhh...

 

[hexonxonx]

You can also re-download applications you were previously refunded for.

Shhh...

And music.

 

[charlituna]

This is very wrong. I don't at all like the idea of them being able to reach in and take away what I have purchased. This is very, very wrong.

They couldn't before and they can't now.

 

[StrudelTurnover]

This is very wrong. I don't at all like the idea of them being able to reach in and take away what I have purchased. This is very, very wrong.

They aren't. If you purchase it and back it up to your computer, you can continue to use it whether it's still in the app store or not. Apple has yet to take an app from those who have purchased it.

Yes I think pubwvj is confusing this with Amazon's Kindle store.
Which BTW won 2009's Most Delicious Orwellian Irony award.

 

[michaelcyee]

I was able to download the DOS emulator. (iDOS)
Great surprise!

If you're jailbroken, the dev has released DOSpad on his repo, which offers greater flexibility (for example, you can add files via iTunes, which was removed in the second iteration of iDOS to comply with Apple's guidelines).

 

[caspersoong]

Developers should just say no.