This really troubled me so I did some quick searching and found this. What do you think?
http://keyeslabs.com/joomla/index.php/projects/auto-app-licensing On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:00 PM, joshua hublar <[email protected]>wrote: > That is troubling to hear. > > Perhaps hardcoding a key system could stem a bit of that? > > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:57 PM, niko20 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So I have two apps, Electrum Drum Machine and ReLoop Loop Sequencer. >> >> The drum machine actually still sells really well. It's probably >> reached some sort of threshold to stay up in sales. >> >> However, my newest app, ReLoop, has only had about 17 total downloads >> over the entire weekend. AND what's interesting is I made two sample >> packs for it, and one of those has 54 downloads, and the other has 116 >> downloads. >> >> Now, there isn't any reason for someone to download a sample pack more >> than once, so it really looks suspicious when I only have 17 downloads >> of the core app and over 160 downloads of the sample packs. In fact it >> makes me think someone ripped my app right away and its on a forum >> somewhere (though I cant find it yet) >> >> Well this really stinks, I know it can take some time for apps to >> slowly climb in sales, but honestly if this is what most devs >> encounter than no wonder we dont have quality apps in Android. I >> worked on this app for over 8 months and it's way better in sound >> quality and speed than my drum machine app, and more accurate as well. >> I dont think its the popularity of the app functionality, I think it's >> loose on some website somewhere - hence my strange download numbers... >> >> This. Is. Crap. >> >> -niko >> >> -- >> 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://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.
