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> The security vendor said more than 92 percent of paid iOS apps were pirated But what % of the total user-base actually pirate apps? That is the more importan
by elithrar 14y ago
> The security vendor said more than 92 percent of paid iOS apps were pirated
But what % of the total user-base actually pirate apps? That is the more important figure.
As an aside: I've "educated" a few acquaintances re: pirating apps on their jailbroken devices. They indicated they getting apps for "free" was a benefit of jailbreaking. I responded by telling them that many of the apps they'd jailbroken were not built by large corporations, but actually indie dev houses or even lone developers. When they realised they weren't 'sticking it to The Man' they appeared to boast a little less about this particular benefit.
Whether it actually changed their behaviour is another thing.
- delackner 14y agoThe important part of the quote is "for jailbroken devices." I haven't seen any solid numbers on how many people jailbreak, but the various quotes for the US at least seem to hover around 10%. That is pretty low.
- norswap 14y ago> But what % of the total user-base actually pirate apps? That is the more important figure. This very idea is explained really well in this article: http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/05/Another-view-of-game-piracy http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/05/Another-view-of-game-piracy
- chii 14y agoand also more recently, by http://lightmare-studio.com/the-piracy-fallacy/ http://lightmare-studio.com/the-piracy-fallacy/