I've claimed my app on AppBrain. AppBrain is just like AndroLib and other such sites that just scrape the market and post it on the website. They don't distribute apps directly.
I've never seen a comment in the market at all from AppBrain, much less a spammy comment. I see tons of AppBucket, which is a totally different site, that is all about piracy. Maybe you are confusing the two? Anyway, this is a digression from the original topic. i'm not talking about sites that promote the market, but site that distribute pirated apks. I haven't calculated how much time I spend sending DMCAs, but I treat it like a game of whack-a-mole. I kind of get a kick out of watching forum commenters whine that all the links are down. Take downs are really easy for big file sharing services. On Oct 14, 5:41 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > To me, that appbrain e-mail smacked of a scam to get me to sign up > with their site and a come-on for paid promotion of my app. Plus, the > e-mail address they had as the one who was trying to claim my app was > bogus. The additional facts that the app comment spam implicates > appbrain in spamming dozens of apps to promote their site shows > immoral business practices. > > How many others have had their app continuously spammed by these > AdSense for domains comments? Don't you find it curious that Appbrain > is always the primary advertiser? It appears as if Appbrain is a scam > and a source of spam. Not only have they been spamming comments in > apps but also spamming developers in a bid to solicit paid promotion. > > The only conclusion I can come to is appbrain is run by people who are > trying their best to scam money out of developers and generate traffic > by spam and other unscrupulous methods. Appbrain is basically no > different than a pirate site in that they are using dishonest methods > to profit off the hard work of developers. > > Developers should demand their apps be removed from Appbrain's scam > site. > > -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
