Re: [android-developers] Re: Piracy Breakdown by Country

I've got a 92% piracy rate on one of my apps. The version being passed around is 1.0.6. How about releasing an update using an earlier version number (e.g. 1.0.1). Legitimate users probably wouldn't notice/care. However, it would be very confusing on pirate sites where the version number is more i

Re: [android-developers] Re: Piracy Breakdown by Country

Would be good if devs could specify refund policy on app-by-app basis. On 31 August 2010 17:58, Samuel Lawson wrote: > Here is a suggestion for Google. > > Pirates have very clear buying patterns. Most can be spotted easily. > > Analyse the market for buyers who repeatedly buy apps and then get

Re: [android-developers] Re: Piracy Breakdown by Country

Here is a suggestion for Google. Pirates have very clear buying patterns. Most can be spotted easily. Analyse the market for buyers who repeatedly buy apps and then get a refund in under 5 minutes. Then block those users. I can see these guys normally pirate 2 of my apps in the space of 5 minute

Re: [android-developers] Re: Piracy Breakdown by Country

As a side note, I'm amazed at your conversion rate from Lite to Pro. I have 50% as many Lite downloads but only 5% as many Pro downloads. My Lite version gets a 4.5 rating, Pro gets 4.9. Looks like I need to look into those Video and Social Sharing strategies. Currently I just pop up a dialog box

Re: [android-developers] Re: Piracy Breakdown by Country

Haven't checked recently but for a while Flurry was (for some reason) reporting Chinese users as Australian. On 28 August 2010 15:40, gosh wrote: > Looking at your numbers again, your 'total installs' for Australia > seem way out-of-whack with the rest of the countries listed, i.e.: > > * Take t

Re: [android-developers] Re: Piracy Breakdown by Country

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:59 PM, niko20 wrote: > I guess USA is just a bunch of cheap *sses :) > I don't think we needed statistical analysis for this =P - TreKing