On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:31 AM, plusminus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Let me know what you think and what could be done to bring this site > down. > The site will come back up, even if you can get it taken down. It used to be IRC rooms, now all it takes is twitter to point people to the new site. This site is pretty bold, allowing users to request pirated apps. Nice design though. It even has screenshots.
Google did put in the ability to view app permissions before installing, which is a neat security feature; but strangely this can help encourage the use of pirated apps. Most users wouldn't trust applications from these unknown sources, wondering what they could be doing in the background (with all their phone information and location); but now you have a good idea of what perms the app has, even if it is from a pirated source. We have just enough security in Android to make piracy safer for the user. This is really a problem with the Android platform: it needs a DRM engine, as any app can be decompiled and cracked. It also appears that Android users are more tech-savvy than other platform users. A 50% drop in sales is huge. It's an indication that piracy may be a major problem for Android apps. But as an individual app provider, I don't see how you can stop piracy of your app. -- Shane Isbell (Co-founder of SlideME LLC) http://twitter.com/sisbell http://twitter.com/slideme --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
