Thanks Mark for the quick response. So you suggest to move away from
the Android Market and use third party app stores like AndAppStore and
SlideME? This leads me to my next question: Will the Android Market
support a copy protection like the "SlideLock" of SlideME in the near
future? Because as a developer of Android apps I don't want to invest
too much time into copy protecting my apps by myself, if a general
solution could solve this. I know that there are many high quality
apps on other operation systems circulating, but they invest a lot of
time in re-inventing the wheel over and over by enhancing their copy
protection algos. On the mobile device we're somehow limited in
usability compared to the desktop apps as well. It's just a big hurdle
to let the user enter endless license keys or something similar. Do
you think this will enhance the user experience of Android powered
devices? I fear not. IMHO, if Google encourages developers to leverage
the Android OS with competitions like the ADC, they should also
invest a little bit into helping developers to monetize their apps
later and not spending too much time thinking about copy protection.
On Aug 30, 10:08 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
> The AndAppStore scheme isn't limited to AndAppStore and can be used by apps
> made available via Googles Market, SlideME, etc. if you want.
>
> You can find more info
> athttp://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/licensing.jsp
>
> Al.
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> Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Paid App Protection, a problem of the whole
> Android ecosphere
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> david wrote:
> > Otherwise this is a big problem for the whole Android ecosphere as we
> > won't see many high quality apps popping up.
>
> Application developers are welcome to use third-party DRM solutions.
> AndAppStore and SlideME each have one, IIRC, and there are probably
> others. Nobody is pointing a gun at your head to force you to use the
> one in the Android Market...which is good, since the Android Market DRM
> will not work in other markets.
>
> Moreover, your assumption that ineffective copy protection means "we
> won't see many high quality apps" seems to fly in the face of the
> high-quality apps available for a range of operating systems (desktop
> and mobile) that do not have any form of copy protection by intent.
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