On 17/09/2012 09:50, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 15. The next time I ran an e-mail check, I received an Amazon.com Order > Confirmation for my $0.00 purchase. It also reminds me where I can go to > download the software from my Games and Software Library at Amazon.com. > > The use of the desktop for a temporary locations is pretty awful. This is in > addition to the fact that the default installer location of the setup files > folder is also on the desktop. I expected better of Amazon. > > My guess is they required a signed exe for the initial download. > Since Apache does not provide one, Amazon's workaround was via this > downloader app. I'd bet that this hack was to get around browser > warnings about unsigned code. Don't think so. I'm pretty sure that their wrapper downloader authenticates to their eStore to block downloads that you didn't purchase. I've bought a few bits of software (usually games :)) from them in the past, and they all work this way. Though I agree that downloading to the desktop with no real prompt to change that default is a bit non-intuitive (though again, this is a symptom of their downloader, not product specific)
Recall that Dennis said he had to "purchase for $0.00". Issac
