The obvious solution would be to offer the app as free and then charge
users to activate the app by paying you directly, but i'm guessing
Google wouldn't allow that.

The only solution is this:

All apps when purchased are somehow modified to only run on the phone
which purchased it. All phones have a unique ID so this shouldn't be
an issue.
This would require the apk to be modified by Google at purchase so the
apk knew only to function on the phone requesting the purchase.
Then if the person who downloaded it felt he wanted to offer it as
free, it would be pointless as it' only work on their phone.

Seems a logical way to prevent piracy of apps, am I overlooking
something obvious?

On Sep 2, 9:33 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you have doubts about the harmful effects of piracy, you should watch
> this youtube video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wmepTVM3I&feature=channel
>
> --
> Shane Isbell (Co-founder of SlideME 
> LLC)http://twitter.com/sisbellhttp://twitter.com/slideme
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