Hey Tim. You're correct that validating purchase with the market is a key piece of our solution. Figuring out how exactly to do that using Google's binary market protocol in an efficient way (try doing everything that AAL does in a 35 KB library) was a fairly significant dev effort. What's more, balancing license generation, market API security, cross- Android version compatibility, customization, etc., and you've got a nice little chunk of work that we put into this solution.
As for pricing, we'll see what the market will support. In our own single app Screebl, we "lose" about $100/day in revenue to pirated apps, so $50 seems cheap. I know that not all of that $100 will translate into sales, but some percentage will. My point is it shouldn't take long for AAL to pay for itself. Dave On May 5, 1:23 pm, strazzere <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking at your documentation, I'm assuming your making a call to the > market requesting the state of the application -- if I'm wrong, then > just disregard this information. If I'm right, I guess my only > question is why are you charging so much information for such a > simplistic method? > > Don't get me wrong - that method would probably be the best one I've > seen yet on the market, but that's still a nice chunk of money to > charge for it. > > -Tim > > On May 4, 5:20 pm, dadical <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I've spent the last few weeks developing a new tool to stoppiracyof > > my paid apps on the Android Market. In a nutshell, licensing is tied > > directly to purchase verification. There is no license server to > > manage, no key for the user to enter. User experience is basically > > uninterrupted from normal application purchase. > > > I'm excited about this, as my paid apps are now reachingpiracyrates > > as high as 90% on some days,with the average somewhere around 75%. > > For pirated apps, purchase verification (and subsequently licensing) > > will fail after a certain number of attempts, and pirates will be left > > with anything from a "buy me" nag, to a disabled app (behavior is > > configurable). > > > Android Market is the only supported purchase validation target so > > far. Others will be forthcoming if demand warrants. > > > This isn't a perfect solution (I have yet to find a perfect licensing > > solution), but I feel it is the best balance of security, features, > > and workflow that I've seen to date. > > > You can find a write up, download, and purchasing information > > here:http://keyeslabs.com/joomla/index.php/projects/auto-app-licensing > > > I'll be looking forward to the comments, suggestions, and death > > threats. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
