On 9/15/11 5:25 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Given that for nearly every person who chooses iOS two choose Android, it looks like it's off to a reasonably good start:
I was just reading some articles today about Android's prominence and promise, and how, given Apple's long time to market, some companies are choosing more often to deploy first on Android. But the flip side of that was discussed in another article I read, which talked about the rampant piracy on Android, something which is nearly nonexistent on iOS. Since it is so easy to share Android apps, most developers have to assume they are going to lose money on them.
The spread of malware is also largely done via piracy on Android. You download an app, modify it, and reupload to Market as a new or improved version, and there are no restrictions. The modifications typically involve malware or just blatant rebranding and reselling.
So I got to thinking. Our apps aren't written like other apps, and with the difference in language and the inclusion of password/script scrambling protection, I'm thinking LiveCode apps wouldn't be capable of being modified by a third party. Even if the miscreant could identify our app as a LiveCode build, it's pretty much impossible to separate the stack from the engine in a standalone.
So I'm thinking that would make our releases more secure than others on the Market. We can't avoid the piracy issue, since Android apps are so easy to share, but malware and rebranding would be pretty difficult to do.
-- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
