Just discovered my app was pirated. The user who posted in the forum was dumb enough to use his real name so that I know which customer did it. I think that people that download the pirated app won't get upgrades unless they purchase. Can anyone confirm this? If this is the case, maybe some of these pirated downloads might turn into a purchase if the want the upgrade. This assumes of course they don't pirate the upgrade, too.
On Jul 25, 11:35 am, Brian Conrad <brianjto...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cédric Berger wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 00:41, Brian Conrad<brianjto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I've had unlockable trial versions of software and versions which were > >> crippled demos. The crackers eventually broke or created keygens for > >> the unlockable versions. But they never broke the crippled demo version > >> because they would have had to pay for a full version and that is > >> definitely something they won't do. IOW, don't do unlockable trial > >> versions. > > > Won't protect since it's free to get the full version and refund before > > 24h.... > > They could have done that with my full versions too but they didn't . > E-sellers will tell you that they have to refund with "signature on > file" sales. However the pirates might suspect that doing so leaves a > paper trail they don't want even with the Android Market. The best you > can do is slow them down and the honest folks will always pay for your > apps. The others? Let their karma catch up with them. It will eventually. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
