Hi, I've been through the same questions for a desktop app that i've written 4 years ago.
I believe that it's a good thing, a badge of honor as you put it :) The truth is, people who know how to hack, where to find the crack, and actually get your app this way when the price is so low, will just never, ever, in a million years spare the pennies.... They are not customers, they are not potential customers, they're just power-users that proves themselves this way. I came to the conclusion though that they are a great communication vector. They show your app to their friends and multiply the number of people who are aware you even exists. Among those people, some, less tech-savvy will simply buy your app. People that would have never even heard of your app in the first place. So you are not really loosing sales because they are non buyers anyway, and you get popularity :D A little simplistic but I could actually verify it with my app, I switched it to a give what you want(even nothing) model and saw a surge in both download and purchase :D Yahel Ps : One way some developper fight back, is by putting a modified version of their app on those sites themselves : Put a time-bomb : in 30 days -> "This version is pirated, your phone number was just sent via the internet to the police expect their arrival in a few minutes."). But don't actually get any private information from them, you'd be in trouble and they really are not worth it. -- 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
