Genius, Your arguments is good. Especially about free advertising and humans are lazy.
But what dynamic licensing has to do with operating system? It's a function of the store and the application. >From you posts, it seems maybe you don't know exactly how it works as on BB App World or Handango/Youpark. Posri On 29 juin, 11:55, a genius <[email protected]> wrote: > If your program is good, it will be pirated a certain amount NO MATTER > WHAT YOU DO. Factor that into what you CHARGE for it and pick the best > balance. > There is literally NOTHING that you can do to completely stop piracy. > You can make it hard, sure, but never stop it. > > There are THREE kinds of users: > 1) The users who will just pay for it. > 2) The users who will use it if its free. > 3) The users who won't bother with it. > > You will probably find that most of the potential users are in groups > 1 and 3. There are a few in 2, and out of those, most will quickly > jump into group 3 if you make it difficult to pirate. VERY few will go > from group 2 to group 1 (especially if you price it *reasonably*), so > having group 2 really doesn't matter that much. > > IN FACT, having group 2 exist can actually be TO YOUR BENEFIT! The > reason is simple: FREE ADVERTISING! Why so many people keep missing > this is beyond me! If your application is great, then the more > installs there are, the more people GET EXPOSED to it, and the more > that are EXPOSED to it, the more YOU SELL! > > Especially since humans tend to naturally be LAZY... they will search > the MARKET for it, and if its $5, they'll buy it rather than running > around the 'net looking for a pirate/haxxor site that is giving it out > for free. If its a PROFESSIONAL program (even if it is expensive -- > hundreds of dollars), then virtually NOBODY will bother pirating it > (except for the odd moron who things its cool to have an anatomy > program when they are just a brick layer). The reason why these won't > be pirated is because it is a reasonable expense for their profession. > > Quite frankly, I don't think that the platform should have ANYTHING to > do with preventing piracy. That is NOT the job of the operating > system. That is the job of the APPLICATION DEVELOPER. If YOU think > that you should apply technologies to prevent piracy, then that is > YOUR business. You definitely should NOT be demanding that of the > operating system. > > And FYI: having too much anti-piracy nonsense built into your software > or platform WILL frustrate users, and move a whole lot more users from > group 1 to group 3 than you'll EVER convince to move from group 2 to > group 1. It is INSULTING to pay for a piece of software just to be > treated like a criminal and forced to jump through hoops to get it to > work. > > The job of the operating system is to the benefit of the USER, not the > application developer. Yes, I realize that this is completely contrary > to the way apple does things... well sorry, but apple does NOTHING to > the benefit of the user, which is one of many things that will lead to > their ultimate downfall. > > On Jun 26, 2:36 pm, Tomáš Hubálek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Genius, > > > and how do you really want to fight piracy? Current app protection is > > very poor (almost none?) > > > Tom > > > On 25 čvn, 19:55, a genius <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > No. > > > If the user buys it, it should work. If you like keys, go play with > > > windoze. > > > > On Jun 24, 5:22 pm, licmax <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We were wondering if there is interest amongst the community here for > > > > Android Market to support the Dynamic Licensing model as do BlackBerry > > > > App World, Handango and MobiHand. > > > > > We've established a cooperative petition to Android Market to > > > > introduce Dynamic Licensing > > > > athttp://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/licmaxandroid. > > > > > If we collect a significant number of signatures from the community, > > > > we'll approach contacts inside Android Market to elevate this agenda. > > > > > Regards, > > > > The licmax Team- Masquer le texte des messages précédents - > > - Afficher le texte des messages précédents - -- 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.
