Apple is losing thousands of dollars on its software due to the ingenuity of many users, who They are getting free access to programs like Final Cut Pro —whose official price is 350 euros—, simply by going to an Apple Store and using one of Apple’s star functions: AirDrop. Furthermore, the company is not doing anything to prevent it.
The modus operandi is as follows. Users go to an Apple Store with their iPhone, and look for a demo computer—Macs, basically—that has Final Cut Pro or another paid Apple program installed. After, activate AirDrop on your computer and your iPhonewith the option that allows it to be visible to anyone.
Finally, simply go to the Mac App Library, search for the app, and Click on the share button via AirDrop. In a few seconds the user has the file on their mobile phone, and all that remains is to transfer it to their Mac and run the program.
Apple is doing nothing to prevent it
The company, precisely, offers in its stores the possibility of trying these platforms without any type of limitation, so people You are getting a final, full version, and not any kind of demo.
Works? According to several reports, yes. The only drawback is that, since it is a local file, and not a download through the App Store, it cannot be updated.
This, furthermore, It doesn’t seem to be a new method. According to a user on “I even came across a forum from 2017 that was already talking about it at the time, I just went and tried it in an Apple Store,” he says.
Apple, for its part, He’s not doing anything about it to fix it.. There is no type of limitation when opening an application that has been transferred from another device, beyond a warning in macOS that can be disabled simply by pressing a button. Apple Store employees are not preventing the “theft” of these applications either.
