People are stealing Apple's software right from under its nose — Crafty pirates are AirDropping apps from Apple Store Macs

[iMore.com]

The internet is awash with reports that people are stealing Apple's software from stores using AirDrop.

People are stealing Apple's software right from under its nose — Crafty pirates are AirDropping apps from Apple Store Macs : Read more

 

[Bla1ze]

Apple hasn't really cared about DRM'ing their own software in years. Kind of interesting it's only blowing up now.

 

[EdwinG]

Apple has their Mac App Store receipt in the downloaded binary like iMovie that's free; my Pro apps are no longer available for download.



They can decide to implement receipt verification whenever they want it, and the theft method (might? should?) breaks.

They have even have a documentation for App Store developers, so they know how to do it.

Validating receipts on the device | Apple Developer Documentation

Verify the contents of app receipts by decoding and parsing the receipt on the device.

developer.apple.com