Appulo.us Goes Officially Under

The controversially famous Appulo.us web platform is no more. It's founder, Kyek, just pulled the plug, leaving only a front page and a couple dissertations on the site. The reason for the shut down is apparently a mix of personal reasons and the piracy issue. Here is his explanation:

The rampant piracy that was so against the original idea behind the site. Supporting a team whose focus wasn't as much on the community than it was their own products. But mostly because this isn't who I am. Before all this, I was an upbeat person who jumped at the chance to teach people what I've learned. And if stepping away from the drama of this scene brings me back to that, so much the better. Maybe that's selfish, but I think those of you who have been following our community since the beginning will understand.

Appulo.us, for those of you who didn't know it, (despite of being one of the 2000 most visited web sites in the world), was a pirate version of the App Store that let you download apps without paying them. Officially, the motivation was to let you make up your mind about an app before buying it, but it was mainly used for piracy. Will it change anything? No, it's been already replaced. Happy? Sad?

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