App Store piracy (disclaimer: course language here)

Disclaimer: course language in this post.

A few weeks ago I promoted my applications in order to get the word out by setting them free. In 24 hours, many thousands users downloaded the applications. Many tried the software and fall in love with it. I'm happy with that. Now I hope the word of mouth does its job.

But, my software landed in a few bad hands: "hackers" or more rightfully said: "stealers" or "application crackers". A few people seems to waste their time to take advantage of applications becoming free to get their dirty hands on them in order to crack them and put them on their "App Store" for those who buy the iDevice but don't have enough money to buy software that comes with it. Nice job mother fuckers. Go to hell.

Now,  I guess this is a signal for me to think about implementing anti-piracy measures on my next release. Do I have time to do that? No. Am I motivated to continue developing software on a platform where Apple seems to let things go? Less and less.

Comments

[Muthu]

Please check out http://mtiks.com, a new startup focusing only on iPhone App Anti-Piracy

[JF Martin]

A few questions: how do we get out of the trial? Are supposed to submit a version of our app to Apple with the framework included for the trial period ? Please explain. Thanks.