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As the article mentions (and as I've heard from some other developers), pirates are generally the among the first people to buy any app -- they pirate everythin
by jcl 17y ago
As the article mentions (and as I've heard from some other developers), pirates are generally the among the first people to buy any app -- they pirate everything, regardless of price.
...It's a pity that Apple probably wouldn't let you submit thousands of applications, as you could make a fair amount of money off of the pirates before anyone noticed.
- tptacek 17y agoDid we read the same article? I read that he has a ZERO PERCENT conversion rate for pirates. They're "adopting" the title, but they aren't paying for it. [Ick, he's right, I misread the comment. Sorry.]
- olefoo 17y agoHe's talking about the very first sale. His idea of doing a financial DOS on the pirates by releasing thousands of apps intrigues me. It is mildly surprising to me that Apple hasn't stepped up to help with some form of watermarking embedded in the app, so you could tell who had made the first purchase...
- silencio 17y agoThere is. However, that gets stripped out in the process of cracking an application. Compare: (downloaded from appulous to make a point :P) http://img.skitch.com/20090508-amctwf48bn1ng7mhexbsjbtdg.jpg http://img.skitch.com/20090508-amctwf48bn1ng7mhexbsjbtdg.jpg with (purchased) http://img.skitch.com/20090508-xt1m8rqwrm96wedr8rn9s5mie6.jpg http://img.skitch.com/20090508-xt1m8rqwrm96wedr8rn9s5mie6.jp...
- gcheong 17y agoAs far as I know, there are no limitations to how many applications you can submit to the app store, but getting them all through the approval process is another thing.