The only thing I can say is that it is going to be used primarily on paid apps. Paid apps that you would have had to buy through the market. Meaning that using them on non-market devices wouldn't be possible anyway, since the apps that will be using it are probably using the current form of copy protection which prevents you from using it on non-market devices seeing as you can't copy them.
This is a completely different situation from music DRM. When you play DRM music you don't have it checking a server to see if you purchased it, they usually just make it retardedly restrictive to copy/move to a new device. On Aug 1, 9:02 pm, ocdtrekkie <jtn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Someone did point out to me that LVL should not affect people on non- > Market devices, which helps a bit, if its true (I haven't confirmed > it), so that's a bit better, but I'm still very concerned about the > damage some of the messes licensing concerns may cause, when right > now, half the time downloading paid apps doesn't work right now as > is. Additional mess, sigh. > > On Aug 1, 8:53 pm, ocdtrekkie <jtn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Is nobody else worried about the rampant stupidity of DRM now being > > applied to Android? > > > The music industry spend many years and billions of dollars before > > realizing DRM did not stop pirates, and merely harassed and annoyed > > paying customers. I for one, will not purchase any paid app that > > utilizes LVL protection, because I want the ability to use my apps on > > non-Market devices for example. > > > It seems that every developer is gung ho about this, which is why I > > want to ask you guys, the developers, more about your opinions on > > this. > > > DRM has been proven time and time again to do nothing to stop piracy, > > I have a membership in a tracker I use for replacing some of my > > damaged retail discs, and I see cracked copies of games coming through > > the same day of release, for major PC titles with massive DRM suites. > > The only thing it does, is inconvenience legitimate users who want to > > utilize their apps the way they want to. -- 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
