Anyone out in Orlando care to give this douchebag a visit?
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On Sep 28, 6:19 am, Felipemnoa <[email protected]> wrote:
> God forbid! I can already see all the complaints from people with messages
> like "Google... Fail". Or the arguing that these people are only helping the
> google community bla bla bla...
> On Sep 27, 2009, at 11:50 PM, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Maybe Google lawyers should send out a C&D to these guys ;)
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> According to the website, if you post 5 apps then you get free
> membership. Great :S
>
> On Sep 27, 8:27 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > They even use google checkout to charge for membership. Nice.
>
> > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Shane Isbell <[email protected]>wrote:
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> > > Looks like these guys:http://www.androidplayground.netchargefor pirated
> > > apps. Guess it's all passed the playful hacker stage to going criminal
> > > now.
>
> > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:16 AM, DataSpa <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >> I am not a developer but as a user and lover of my google phone and
> > >> many apps I would suggest that anyone who goes through the time and
> > >> effort to obtain a cracked app over an app they can buy for only a
> > >> couple bucks is either a kid, with no access to an account to make a
> > >> proper purchase or someone who wouldn't buy the app no matter what it
> > >> cost. They are probably sluurping back a $5.00 starbucks coffee with a
> > >> phone full of cracked apps... In this case there isn't too much to be
> > >> done, money spent on lawyers and implementing DRM is going to be
> > >> wasted as these apps will be cracked eventually anyway. Getting new
> > >> apps to market seems like a better investment of time and energy to
> > >> me. But once again, I am not a developer. I would simply make a note
> > >> of your website on the app with a link to support docs and a donation
> > >> button, you can always post other options for people to buy the apps
> > >> on yoru site as listed above... Who knows, it may be idealistic but
> > >> you may get some people like myself who actually pay a bit more for
> > >> apps they use regularly and see development on!
>
> > >> Either way, good luck and KEEP DEVELOPING!
>
> > >> On Sep 2, 7:55 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> > If your app is on that web site, you can contact the file hosting
> > >> > services they link to and in most cases they will quickly remove the
> > >> > file. But unfortunately, I seem to be contacting these services every
> > >> > week. I forwarded that web site to Xavier (Google Engineer) to see if
> > >> > they can at least remove the web site from Google Search results
> > >> > (yesterday). No response yet.
>
> > >> > Just to reiterate, piracy on Android is entirely too easy since a non-
> > >> > rooted device can download a pirated app. At least in the iPhone
> > >> > case, both phones must be jailbreaked.
>
> > >> > I'm also holding off on publishing additional apps. I'm hoping the
> > >> > rumored Android Market update has some better piracy protection.
>
> > >> > On Sep 2, 3:15 pm, terryowen <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > >> > > On Sep 2, 4:49 pm, mscwd01 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >> > > > The obvious solution would be to offer the app as free and then
> > >> charge
> > >> > > > users to activate the app by paying you directly, but i'm guessing
> > >> > > > Google wouldn't allow that.
>
> > >> > > > The only solution is this:
>
> > >> > > > All apps when purchased are somehow modified to only run on the
> > >> phone
> > >> > > > which purchased it. All phones have a unique ID so this shouldn't
> > >> > > > be
> > >> > > > an issue.
> > >> > > > This would require the apk to be modified by Google at purchase so
> > >> the
> > >> > > > apk knew only to function on the phone requesting the purchase.
> > >> > > > Then if the person who downloaded it felt he wanted to offer it as
> > >> > > > free, it would be pointless as it' only work on their phone.
>
> > >> > > > Seems a logical way to prevent piracy of apps, am I overlooking
> > >> > > > something obvious?
>
> > >> > > > On Sep 2, 9:33 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >> > > > > If you have doubts about the harmful effects of piracy, you
> > >> > > > > should
> > >> watch
> > >> > > > > this youtube video:
> > >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wmepTVM3I&feature=channel
>
> > >> > > > > --
> > >> > > > > Shane Isbell (Co-founder of SlideME LLC)
> > >>http://twitter.com/sisbellhttp://twitter.com/slideme
>
> > >> > > I think pirates would probably find away around it. But regular
> > >> > > consumers would be at risk when it came to hardware failures and
> > >> > > developers going out of business.
>
> > >> > > And what about people who upgrade their phones? Would those
> > >> > > purchases
> > >> > > transfer? I'd only purchase something keyed to the phone if a lot of
> > >> > > questions were answered first. And to be honest, I'd probably stop
> > >> > > buying apps because what guarantee would I have that an individual
> > >> > > developer wouldn't quit, leaving customers without access to apps
> > >> > > they'd paid for?
>
> > >> > > I have ebooks I bought a dozen devices ago. If they had been keyed
> > >> > > to
> > >> > > the device I would have lost them. In fact, I made the mistake of
> > >> > > purchasing a few pdf files many years ago that had something like
> > >> > > that
> > >> > > and not only did the company fold, the DRM didn't work properly even
> > >> > > on the same computer and I had no recourse.
>
> > >> > > I don't doubt that piracy hurts developers (and consumers in the long
> > >> > > run) but more restrictive DRM isn't the solution.
>
> > >> > > Terry- Hide quoted text -
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> > > --
> > > Shane Isbell (Co-founder of SlideME - The Original Market for Android)
> > >http://twitter.com/sisbell
> > >http://twitter.com/slideme
>
> > --
> > Shane Isbell (Co-founder of SlideME - The Original Market for
> > Android)http://twitter.com/sisbellhttp://twitter.com/slideme
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