On Monday, 7 May 2012 15:07:23 UTC+2, Florin wrote: > > I have an Android developer account and a couple of paid apps > published on the Market since a while now. I have decided to use > Android LVL for copy protection from the start on all of my apps, I > found it pretty straightforward to use so I told myself why not? extra > security is better than no security, right? >
I wouldn't be so sure of that. Any app that is popular enough is going to find its way to pirate sites pretty soon, and the LVL is (unfortunately) completely inadequate to prevent that. So why risk the goodwill of the people who have actually purchased the app, but adding in code that has repeatedly been shown to have these kind of issues, to inconvenience the people who won't buy your app under any circumstances? Anyone who is stupid enough to download potentially harmful cracked apps in order to save a couple of bucks, is unlikely to be the kind of person who'd ever pay for them. If the anti-piracy protection was worth something, then ... sure. But as long as it is apparently so easy to get around, what is the point? -- 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
