thanks for the feedback guys, Pent - have you noticed if your sales have increased since adding LVL? I know it's different on a case-by-case basis, but I always like hearing specific cases.
JP - we're definitely going freemium with one of our apps, but the other niche ones we need to charge some $ upfront for since in-app payments or ads won't work well in those cases. It be great if there was a study linking (or not) app sale increase with LVL on Android (if anybody knows of one please let me know!) thanks! -Chad On Nov 20, 7:34 am, JP <joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com> wrote: > In case you have the luxury to think concept - as far as I can tell, > there's a "seismic shift" going on in what independent developers > consider viable business approaches to the generation of revenue > through apps. 'round where I live (San Francisco), you hear the high > velocity, app market style app sales model declared dead, and you > won't find many devs any more announcing apps that do not emphasize > monetization through user engagement. This trend has a few drivers, $. > 99 a pop apps mostly, but also, in Android, the absence of a viable > and convenient solution in Android Market to buy and sell apps the old > fashioned way. Based on that, perhaps think about giving away the app > for three, which serves as a vehicle for in-app payment that points > back to you (and only your), and that allows you to control > authorization at the point of payment. > > On Nov 19, 4:09 pm, Sheado <chad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > Sorry for starting yet another post on this subject. We're trying to > > decide on whether to go with LVL or just un-protect our apps > > altogether (currently using the copy protection feature). So my > > question: > > > * Are you copy protecting/DRM/LVL licensing your apps? > > > Some of our concerns include: > > * ROI on time spent with LVL code/testing/bugs versus actual increase > > in sales > > * lack of copy protection in other markets > > > Some info we found in other posts: > > * piracy breakdown of a popular app:http://keyeslabs.com/joomla/ > > projects/auto-app-licensing/152-a-global-piracy-heat-map > > * some have mentioned going free (ad-only) - some of our apps are > > niche apps, therefore this strategy will not work well for some of > > those apps. > > > On a side note: we liked the deprecated copy-protection feature > > because it involved no extra development work and seemed secure enough > > to thwart a "casual pirate" from easily sharing an app with all of > > their friends. (another side note: we have incurred the wrath of tons > > android1.5 users after removing the copy protection feature - proceed > > with caution if you do so) > > > any feedback would be awesome! > > thanks, > > Chad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
