We all know that piracy exists in any commercial software environment. It does however p!$$ me off that even Google with their 2-hour refund policy still give down-loaders enough time to 'backup' their .apk's before deleting the app and requesting their money back. Hell..... Google even carry a selection of apps on the Play store that will do the job for you!
I have an app which has a free version as incentive to purchase of the full version but nonetheless I am getting a small but significant number of cancellations within minutes of purchase, even though the customer already knows what they are getting from the free version.
At the moment this is not yet a problem for me in terms of revenue loss but the number is significant and increasing. The problem I have is that my apps will be used in an environment where internet availability is less than a few percent..... maybe just a few minutes each day.
I understand the licensing library is not dependent on 100% internet uptime so will it be suitable for my purposes?
Reading around the subject it appears that in API X+ the apk is encrypted by Google so therefore licensing is not required..... have I got that right ???
I have an app which has a free version as incentive to purchase of the full version but nonetheless I am getting a small but significant number of cancellations within minutes of purchase, even though the customer already knows what they are getting from the free version.
At the moment this is not yet a problem for me in terms of revenue loss but the number is significant and increasing. The problem I have is that my apps will be used in an environment where internet availability is less than a few percent..... maybe just a few minutes each day.
I understand the licensing library is not dependent on 100% internet uptime so will it be suitable for my purposes?
Reading around the subject it appears that in API X+ the apk is encrypted by Google so therefore licensing is not required..... have I got that right ???
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