The users of its devices Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), who make purchases of software, books or music from the company's digital stores via iTunes, iBooks and App Store have the right to return them within 14 days, without the obligation to justify the return. Exceptions are what was acquired through redemption cardς gifty on iTunes.
- Apple changed the terms, meeting the requirements of the European directive on the protection of European consumers which has been in force since June of 2014.
No such change has been made to Google Play - where the refund is limited to 2 hours of purchase.
The ability to return apps, games and music paid for by Apple's online stores for its devices amounts to an informal free trial of content, the British press says.
Indeed, in the case of music, the ability to return songs could affect the ranking lists or even lead to the copying of songs that are available without the software company copyright management.
Apple does not mention any terms that could limit the right to review, for example by implementation apps or listening to music.
This means that the user could play within a given return time a game and then return it, an inexperienced commercial practice equivalent to buying a DVD, viewing the movie, and returning the disc with a guaranteed refund, rather than use.
