Hi, People cheat, it's in our human nature, it's even an economic rule : Individuals try to get the most with their limited resources. So if they can have something for free, they will.
The problem is not really to fight this, because we'll never win (RIAA anyone : ), it's to find a way to leverage it and to find an equilibrium. I'm french and here some of our stand-up comedians are upset with youtube and the likes because youtube makes money on they're work and they don't see a single penny of it. The thing is, it's not true at all : I bought two tickets to one of those stand-up comedy show after I've spent a couple of hours looking at various bits on youtube. I had stumble on it and didn't even know the comedian in the first place. My point is, I'll never buy something I don't know exists. I'm not saying to do nothing about it, i'm saying don't loose your sleep over it and certainly don't spend half your production time and budget on securing your app. Hackers, the real ones, the ones that cracks your security codes and then gives away your cracked app, hack because it's easy for them and fast and sometimes represent a small challenge. They are not 15 years old, they are computer engineers with degrees and too much time on their hand. Music and DVD industry has put several BILLIONS of dollars in DRMs and you can still enjoy any movie in divx can't you ? And YOU don't have a few billions dollars, do you (if you do, maybe we can meet : ) ? So put mild protection in place so that the average user has the incentive to buy. Use guilt techniques (help our developpers, you enjoyed our game help us do more, ...) Release a free version with ads, Release your own "pirated" version with a scary time bomb (after 10 usages : "You are using a pirated version of this app, next launch will erase all your data from your phone." Don't ever actually put the threat to execution !) And if you don't want to go free with ads on the market, just make it your pirated version :D Good luck with your work and your apps. Yahel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
