Wow, it's certainly interesting to see how the consensus on Piracy changes on HackerNews when it's iOS apps and not music/media that's being downloaded. The article even goes so far as to call it stealing and not one person has piped up to point out that they're merely copying bytes, not removing utility from anyone else.

The PirateBay receives a lot of support when it's mentioned here. I imagine if I opened a "PirateBayForApps" on which I carried both legitimately free apps and pirated apps, I might not receive the same support.