Just make up your mind before hand. I would recommend NOT using "copy protection", but don't decide to after the fact, as you will cause your installed user base all kinds of pain when their phones go berserk after you switch it on. It's not pretty.
I ultimately decided to go a different route, and simply validate that my app was purchased (from within the app) using what we call Automatic Application Licensing. It's been working pretty well since we implemented. We've seen an increase in our sales and a decrease in the disparity between pirated and purchased installs. Not to mention, pirates are now potential patrons. If you want more info, see www.keyeslabs.com. I'm hoping along with everyone else that G is going to announce upgrades to the market sometime soon that will make these issues go away. I'll be watching on Monday! Rumors have some kind of market announcement coming next week... Dave On May 13, 2:03 pm, Moto <medicalsou...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm getting many complaints that users can't find our paid app in the > Android Market. I know exactly why... Our app is "Copy-Protected". > > So the questions is, if our paid app is already available all over the > internet for FREE!! What's the point of copy protecting an app? > Should I even care at this point about that feature? It seems I'm > gonna get more sales if I disable copy protection, but makes me > wonder...... > > This really sucks, and I know it's been talked many many many many > many times in this blog and many other places... It's just sad... > -Moto > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
