Would it be feasible to authicate the app with a google checkout number like copilot does?
On Jan 16, 1:55 pm, MakeMobile <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 16, 1:08 pm, Wayne Wenthin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My question is why would google do anything. These are your apps. You hold > > copyright not google. You have to do something. Unless you are finding > > Market or Maps on these sites google could care less and rightly so. > > I believe I've already answered the question of why Google would do > something about this, but I'll say it again. Piracy damages the > platform as a whole. Google cares about this kind of thing because it > slows the progress of the platform as a whole. That's why they > released the Nexus One -- to advance the platform by gaining new > developers and users. > > I'd be surprised if Google did not have people working on this. But my > specific inquiry is who can I talk to about this? who or where do I > report this? And if it does not yet exist, Google should definitely > set up a system for reporting these abuses. > > On another note, I think the common attitude of apathy surrounding > this issue is shocking. I am fully aware that it's not possible within > reason to completely eliminate this problem -- and I do not expect > that. However that does not mean we should ignore the issue on the > premise that its "too difficult" a problem to deal with. > > This is especially problematic for small time developers who don't > have the resources (time or financial) to do much about this. I > believe it's these small time developers who provide the most value to > the platform -- there are far more small time developers than large > organizations, and I believe they provide the bulk of the innovation. > So lack of a robust support system for these developers is a big > problem. > > I'd like to steer the discussion in a more positive direction. So lets > go guys -- resources, information, options...
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