Thank you for your response Cary. I guess no matter how cheap something is someone will always want to get it for free. I think this is why I keep seeing "Pay what you think it is worth" models being touted.
On Aug 23, 1:08 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > Apparently so. I've read before of the developer that changed his app from 99 > cents to free due to overwhelming piracy installs (he could at least recoup > some money due to in-game advertising). Android wasn't designed to make apps > any cheaper; it's the operating system that's free to handset makers. It's a > bit of an urban myth that Android is for free apps and iOS is for paid; all > of my iOS devices have more free than paid apps on them (and the ones I have > bought are almost uniformly 99 cents, something I don't mind paying). iOS > users have been shown to be more likely to spend money on apps, but they tend > to use their devices for far more than it's core functions as well (last data > I saw had mobile Safari capturing about 70% of mobile internet activity). > Other factors include with iOS you have one source of apps unless you > jailbreak it, and even then many jailbreakers will stick with the Cydia app > store solely. There are numerous sources to download Android apps, and you > can sideload them as well. Android attracts some tech-savvy users due to it's > open architecture; these users could be more willing to install apps from > free sources or see it as an extension of the 'openess' of the OS. > > On Aug 23, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Not trying to be funny here, but is Android piracy really that big of > > a problem? > > > I thought that the Android model (adopted from Apple) was to make the > > apps affordable so that people were willing to spend the money to buy > > them legitimately and not get them illegally? And from what I have > > read that model seems to be making companies a lot of money. This BBC > > article features a lot of stats which I had not seen previously about > > the amount of illegal downloads for cheap apps. > > > Again, not being funny: Is this really as big a problem as this action > > seems to suggest it is, or is the level of piracy in the Android (or > > Apple if you prefer) market being overstated as part of a broader anti- > > piracy campaign? > > > On Aug 23, 10:40 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pretty aggressive move. I'm assuming they are trying to send a message to > >> piracy sites. > > >> ** US seizes Android piracy sites ** > >> US authorities shut down three Android app piracy sites in their latest > >> effort to restrict copyright infringement on the internet. > >> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19347543> > > >> ** Disclaimer ** > >> The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything > >> written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or > >> opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the > >> sender have been verified. > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" 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/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
