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Android Software Piracy Rampant
bednarz writes "Pirating Android apps is a longstanding problem. But it seems to be getting worse, even as Google begins to respond much more aggressively. The dilemma: protecting developers' investments, and revenue stream, while keeping an open platform. Some have argued that piracy is rampant in those countries where the online Android Market is not yet available. But a recent KeyesLabs research project suggests that may not be true: 'Over the course of 90 days, the [KeyesLabs] app was installed a total of 8,659 times. Of those installations only 2,831 were legitimate purchases, representing an overall piracy rate of over 67%.... The largest contributor to piracy, by far, is the United States providing 4,054 or about 70% of all pirated installations...'"
(In Russia, almost all of the software sold is unlicensed (it has been like that at least several years ago). Given that Russia is a populous country, floods US and other developed countries w/ programmers and generally is a flourishing business, one can only assume that Russian software market cannot be dismissed during this assessment.)
You made an informative comment about Russia? That's not the way we do things around here, son. Watch it.
After he was done typing, Darkness404 went to the break room. While there, he bought a $0.85 bag of salty chips, and a $1.50 bottle of sugar soda. He ate the chips. He was almost done with the soda but was distracted, and it became warm. So he tossed the last 1/4 of it. Later that day he went on to think about the injustices of paying a one time fee of $0.99 for an application.
You made an informative comment about Russia? That's not the way we do things around here
Which means that it is the way they do things in Soviet Russia, proving that his post is authentic.
Oh yes, because the core OS of a tiny device should be at least as bloated as Windows. Oh, and everything should be free because magic pixies come along in the night and write the code for the developers, thus costing them nothing!
I thought it was the Amish who couldn't ride the Metro.
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If it is useful software, people will develop for it for free.
What about people who want to eat?
If it is tasty food, people will develop it for free. Have you been paying ANY attention?