On Aug 15, 1:06 am, Nikolay Elenkov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Mark Ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Methinks at least 5% of your userbase are pirates. > > They might as well be, but that would not be reflected in the > developer console. > It tracks installs from the Market only. BTW, active and total > installs seem to be > updated at different times, that's probably the reason an incorrect > install ratio is > displayed.
Right, for paid apps, only real honest-to-goodness installs should be reported by the market. So anyway, now the ratio has gone up from 105% to 107%, and yes, both the numbers are being updated. FWIW, the number has always been high, but not nearly this high. The moral of the story is that market numbers are essentially useless. The TRENDS of the numbers over time might be useful, but the numbers themselves simply can't be trusted. I think I started the very first thread here about install % over a year ago (back when I was easily incensed over these kinds of things) but now it's just plain comical! Doug -- 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
