When I first got my iPhone 3G, I was running Windows XP. Recently, I discovered the itch and decided to change to Windows Vista 64. Everything was running smoothly, until I decided to try to sync my iPhone.
My safari mobile for some reason kept crashing while doing simple Google Reader-ing. Ok, probably it’s because I jailbroke it. I decided to restore to original settings. All syncing went fine, except for one thing:
Source: ZDNet: iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal
(I had to grab that off another site, as I forgot to take a screenshot of mine.) Googling around, I came across this discussion thread on apple forums. I had to click on “Store” > “Authorize…” to authorize this PC somehow. And after doing so, that’s when it happened: iTunes kindly informed me that I had used 2 out of 5 available autorizations.
What. The. F*ck.
The only thing that had changed was the operating system. My PC internals was still the same as it was back then. Who wants to bet that if I had re-installed the same copy and version of Windows 5 times, I would have used up all my available authorizations? Of course, after using all 5, you could theoretically de-authorize all your computers. Of course, there’s a catch involved. You could only do that once a year.
I didn’t buy Mass Effect or Spore because I hate the install limits it pushes on to me. I would probably not get Red Alert 3 or Far Cry 2 either. Exceptions to buying these games would be to see if a crack is available. Who am I kidding? A crack is always available. I would have to download it first. Is it about time to search for a suitable workaround for this too?
Or maybe I should just go back to owning a Nokia phone. My fiancée’s E71 is looking mighty nice right about now. And couple that with an Iriver, Cowon or Archos media player. Something like this looks mighty tempting…
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