Update Error: Glyphs won't update

Glyphs
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@GeorgSeifert
It’s merely a plain text file for connections. mostly the same in Mac and Win.
Using 3rd Party apps that prevent Updates Cause the problem.

Sample:

##

# Host Database

#

# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface

# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.

##

127.0.0.1 localhost

255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

::1 localhost

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thank you
The problem was solved.
The reason for the problem was this text line in hosts file:
27.0.0.1 updates.glyphsapp.com

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The reason is that people pirate lots of software–sometime like Glyphs–and, like almost every other piece of cracked software, they rely on editing the hosts file to prevent the software from verifying itself. I am betting a million bucks that people with this error tried to crack a previous version of Glyphs and permanently modified their hosts file.

As Ebrahim posted above, he had the entry 27.0.0.1 updates.glyphsapp.com in his hosts file.

There is NO reason for that entry to be in his hosts file unless he pirated a previous version of the software. That is literally the only reason to modify your hosts file in terms of software, and since cracks do it automatically, most people won’t understand why they can’t connect.

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The problem is ‘helper’ tools that monitor network connections of apps and offer to suppress or prevent network access. A handful of tools offer to block sites and when the user confirms, make such an entry in the hosts file. This does not say much about the motivations of the user yet. Concern, or overconcern, about privacy may be one of them just as well.

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