appDowner isn't the first unsanctioned iPhone application store, but it's the first one to use BitTorrent technology. It's actually an iPhone app, too, which can be used to download other apps, or any content (e.g. music) from BitTorrent.Which sounds like reason to worry if you're Apple or rightsowners. However, one point made by a commenter on TorrentFreak's story on it is sensible: who's going to be seeding the content? It's not as if people will have their iPhones running appDowner all day (not least because of battery life).We should say, appDowner only works on iPhones that have been 'jailbroken' to run unauthorised applications – so it won't lead to a mass outbreak of piracy from regular iPhone owners, nor does it have any likelihood of being allowed onto the official App Store.
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