Sekhar wrote:
> Yeah, I believe iPhone has the advantage here since it won't even
> allow you to install apps from outside app store. That has its own
> negatives, but it at least protects the developers (and the consumers,
> actually).

You would appear to be mistaken:

http://www.pinchmedia.com/blog/piracy-in-the-app-store-from-360idev/
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4194/iphone_piracy_the_inside_story.php
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/28/iphone-app-claims-95-piracy-rate/
http://blog.costan.us/2009/04/iphone-piracy-hard-numbers-for-soft.html

Now, the $450 million figure that 24/7 Wall Street touted this past week
is a crock, IMHO, but even a locked-down platform like iPhone has
piracy, and a non-trivial amount of it.

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