Good questions Al. However one thing that really stinks about significant pirated distribution is the lack of statistical representation on the market. IOW, my ranking doesn't improve at all as a result of these pirated downloads. That has lots of negative implications, most notable of which is a more limited ability to convert lite to pro via Android market.
On Apr 1, 12:36 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Tobias, > > Whilst I don't agree with distributing applications against a developers > wishes it might be worth thinking about if you're actually losing out on > anything because of it. > > > > Getting your application in front of as many users as possible means that > your apps name gets known and people can then look for it and recommend it. > Our free app carries ads, so the wider the distribution the greater our > earning potential and the more widely known our "brand" is, which, to us, > isn't a bad thing. If we were talking about paid apps I'd understand because > you're losing money on each download, but for a free app I have to wonder why > you see someone taking your app and making it more widely available as a bad > thing. > > > > Al. > > -- > > > * Looking for Android Apps? - Tryhttp://andappstore.com/* > > > > ====== > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company > number 6741909. > > > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily > those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries.On 31 > Mar 2010, at 22:58, Tobias Eisentraeger wrote:Hello List, > Two of my free apps from the market got listed today at the website > wareseeker[dot]com. > I did not consent to publish there, nobody ever asked for my permission. I > have contacted them through their contact form and via direct email, but no > answer since about 8 hours. Does anyone have a phonenumber of them? The > download count goes up. > I believe that no website has the right to distribute another developers > software without the consent, even if its free in the official android market. > You might wanna check if your apps are on there > too.http://pda[dot]wareseeker[dot]com > Any thoughts? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. -- 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.
