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Re: Adobe Security Breach

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In article <l2pe84$n9d$1@dont-email.me>, generic name
<No-One@in-the-sanitarium.invalid> wrote:

> >> > apps bought at apple's app store are not subscription based.
> >> 
> >> You don't have to buy.  Just try to get a "FREE" app; apple still 
> >> want your credit number.
> >
> > apple does not require a credit card number for free apps. they don't
> > need one for paid apps either. you can use itunes gift cards available
> > in many stores.
> >
> > and even if apple did have a credit card number, it's still not
> > subscription based. you pay once and that's the end of that.
> 
> If you don't have an apple id, & try to get a "free" app since that
> is the only place it was available, then using the drop down menu
> apple store, you will be required to provide a credit number; been
> done that.  If you go the "itunes" route which was non-intuitive, then
> you can do so gyrations to avoid providing your credit card number.

no gyrations necessary. pick 'none' for the payment option.

<http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/HT2534/en_U
S/HT2534-PaymentType-en.png>

however, that limits you to only free apps.

you can still buy paid apps without a credit card, but you will need to
get an itunes gift card, available pretty much anywhere. 

> However, someone claimed you can still avoid giving out the CC
> using apple store by subscribing/creating an apple store account
> then some more convolutions to avoid the CC provision.

no convolutions needed. pick 'none' as above, and you can download all
the free apps you want and use itunes gift cards for paid apps. very
simple.

> Check a MacRumors thread for more info.  My info & attempt was shortly
> after I got a mid-2011 macmini in trying to get a "free" newsreader.

macrumors is not authoritative and whatever you did, you didn't do it
correctly.

a credit card is *not* required. period.

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