We all know good apps are getting pirated and its unfair to developers for this to happen.
We know the copy protection doesn't work as apk's still appear on pirate sites. So Google should help us overcome piracy by doing the following : Provide a web service to validate whether apps have been purchased legitimately. The web service will use some kind of token that is associated with the app after it is purchased by Google Checkout. It will send that token to a Google Checkout web service which will confirm whether or not this relates to a valid purchase (taking into account 24 hour refund option). App developers would then have the choice whether to call this web service and how the app should deal with customers where they don't appear to have legitimate copy, e.g. give them the chance to mail the developer, etc. It would be quicker for Google to build this rather than each dev implement it differently. Also Google Checkout is collecting more information at the point of purchase which developers don't have access to. What do people think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
