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You can't stop people from pirating your app. Not to mention, I'm sure most of us have pirated something, at some point, as well. I'd personally let them keep t
by stanmancan 15y ago
You can't stop people from pirating your app. Not to mention, I'm sure most of us have pirated something, at some point, as well. I'd personally let them keep the files up. As it's been said, another user is another user. He'll show it to his friends who might buy it instead of pirating.
Another option to help fight people pirating would be to offer a free version. Maybe limit how many things they can add to their list, and have it ad supported. The full version you pay for and gets unlimited items in their list.
If you do find a way to detect someone using a pirated version, instead of disabling the application, why not do something fun like create a "pirate theme" that gets applied so they know they've been busted. (The only drawback is if the pirate theme is awesome you might get people pirating it just to see what it looks like).
There's no sense in fighting pirating, it's never worked. As far as I know, no industry has had any real success stopping it. I say embrace it and try to use it to your advantage.
- mborromeo 15y agoThat's ok if you application is "standalone", but what happens when your app needs some backend webservice to properly run? We pay for servers, we can't pirate them. I read articles from developers telling that most of their users are pirates. How could we use this situation to our advantage?
- StavrosK 15y agoIn-app purchase tied to the device key?
- bradleyland 15y agoYou have a couple options there: * Require simple registration and validate against app purchasers * Make the app free and charge for premium features that work with the web-based back end If something is priced reasonably and provides good value, users will pay for it. iOS buyer statistics are a great case study.