I think that this is also way. But some users hate updates (I got feedback that my app has too often updates ;-) ).
I still think that Google should provide API for programmatical verification whether user bought given copy or not. Tom On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Ivan Greene <[email protected]> wrote: > for me, I am developing an app that I think will be heavily pirated. > my idea to stop that is to require the user to update with each update > I make (maybe once every 2 weeks or so), which would require them to > buy it. > the app needs to connect to my server anyway, so if it connects with > an older version number, it tells the user to update. simple! > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Hubalek ([email protected]), http://blog.hubalek.net/ http://facebook.com/thubalek, http://twitter.com/thubalek http://www.linkedin.com/in/thubalek -- 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

