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I had 90% piracy rate on Android when I did it years ago. Gave up and didn't look back.

by sadris 8y ago

mike_kamau 8y ago
Sorry to hear that. What do you do nowadays?
- sadris 8y ago
  Just only release for iPhone :)
  - monocasa 8y ago
    What's your app?
  - mike_kamau 8y ago
    Good for you. I am seriously thinking of leveraging PWA. My app is pretty light weight, just a frontend to a REST api.
  - whynotminot 8y ago
    This is the underrated "why iPhone" answer most people overlook. An iPhone may be more "locked down" than an Android equivalent in terms of what you can install, but when the App store is so robust, you really don't feel any pain from the walled garden. An iPhone user doesn't need to side load a bunch of software to get the job done -- the App store has high quality tools for 99% of use cases and most are available for a couple bucks.
voltagex_ 8y ago
How much did your app cost? Who was your target market?
wetpaws 8y ago
Anecdotally, 75% of my sales are on Android and only 25% on iOS.
- andysinclair 8y ago
  Interesting...is the app exactly the same on both platforms and the same price (assuming it is paid)? I am interested to see if it's worth porting some of my iOS apps to Android.
  - wetpaws 8y ago
    App functionality and price are identical. It's a very niche app with dedicated community though, so piracy is not such a big factor.
- mmerlin 8y ago
  That pretty much mirrors each platform's market share https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/iphone-vs-android-market-share-3691861/ https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/iphone-vs-android-...
- jaegerpicker 8y ago
  In my experience very few people can say that. With all of the apps (games, line of business apps, audio visual apps) I've been involved with 90% of the sales/installs were iOS and 10% Android. IMO Android is rarely worth supporting for most apps. Not to mention huge piracy rates.
random878 8y ago
FSF - WORDS TO AVOID: “Piracy” Publishers often refer to copying they don't approve of as “piracy.” In this way, they imply that it is ethically equivalent to attacking ships on the high seas, kidnapping and murdering the people on them. Based on such propaganda, they have procured laws in most of the world to forbid copying in most (or sometimes all) circumstances. (They are still pressuring to make these prohibitions more complete.) If you don't believe that copying not approved by the publisher is just like kidnapping and murder, you might prefer not to use the word “piracy” to describe it. Neutral terms such as “unauthorized copying” (or “prohibited copying” for the situation where it is illegal) are available for use instead. Some of us might even prefer to use a positive term such as “sharing information with your neighbor.” A US judge, presiding over a trial for copyright infringement, recognized that “piracy” and “theft” are smear words.
nukeop 8y ago
People used your app to rob ships on high seas?

I had 90% piracy rate on Android when I did it years ago. Gave up and didn't look back.

by sadris 8y ago

I had 90% piracy rate on Android when I did it years ago. Gave up and didn't look back.

mike_kamau 8y ago

Sorry to hear that. What do you do nowadays?

sadris 8y ago
Just only release for iPhone :)
- monocasa 8y ago
  What's your app?
- mike_kamau 8y ago
  Good for you. I am seriously thinking of leveraging PWA. My app is pretty light weight, just a frontend to a REST api.
- whynotminot 8y ago
  This is the underrated "why iPhone" answer most people overlook. An iPhone may be more "locked down" than an Android equivalent in terms of what you can install, but when the App store is so robust, you really don't feel any pain from the walled garden. An iPhone user doesn't need to side load a bunch of software to get the job done -- the App store has high quality tools for 99% of use cases and most are available for a couple bucks.

voltagex_ 8y ago

How much did your app cost? Who was your target market?

wetpaws 8y ago

Anecdotally, 75% of my sales are on Android and only 25% on iOS.

andysinclair 8y ago
Interesting...is the app exactly the same on both platforms and the same price (assuming it is paid)? I am interested to see if it's worth porting some of my iOS apps to Android.
- wetpaws 8y ago
  App functionality and price are identical. It's a very niche app with dedicated community though, so piracy is not such a big factor.
mmerlin 8y ago
That pretty much mirrors each platform's market share https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/iphone-vs-android-market-share-3691861/ https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/iphone-vs-android-...
jaegerpicker 8y ago
In my experience very few people can say that. With all of the apps (games, line of business apps, audio visual apps) I've been involved with 90% of the sales/installs were iOS and 10% Android. IMO Android is rarely worth supporting for most apps. Not to mention huge piracy rates.

random878 8y ago

FSF - WORDS TO AVOID: “Piracy” Publishers often refer to copying they don't approve of as “piracy.” In this way, they imply that it is ethically equivalent to attacking ships on the high seas, kidnapping and murdering the people on them. Based on such propaganda, they have procured laws in most of the world to forbid copying in most (or sometimes all) circumstances. (They are still pressuring to make these prohibitions more complete.) If you don't believe that copying not approved by the publisher is just like kidnapping and murder, you might prefer not to use the word “piracy” to describe it. Neutral terms such as “unauthorized copying” (or “prohibited copying” for the situation where it is illegal) are available for use instead. Some of us might even prefer to use a positive term such as “sharing information with your neighbor.” A US judge, presiding over a trial for copyright infringement, recognized that “piracy” and “theft” are smear words.

nukeop 8y ago

People used your app to rob ships on high seas?