[Sparkle] Appfresh abuse

[Uli Kusterer]

Am 23.05.2008 um 20:24 schrieb Rob Napier:
> This was wise on his part. In a war between application (MacSpice)  
> and meta-applications (AppFresh), applications are going to win.  
> Users aren't going to not use an app because AppFresh doesn't update  
> it, but they might not use AppFresh if too many applications fight  
> it in some kind of arms race. That said, it also points to  
> AppFresh's hesitancy to limit what apps they update. Unless they  
> have a large critical mass of supported apps, there's no point to  
> purchasing their product. If they had to get permission for each  
> app, they'd never build that critical mass.


  It might be a good idea to have a standard for exclusion: Some  
people are including customized versions of Sparkle in their apps, and  
AppFresh would probably appreciate a heads-up in the form of a plist  
key before they download and install an app the wrong way or downgrade  
a release or whatever can happen if you update those wrongly.

Cheers,
-- Uli Kusterer
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