hmm those guys obviously have forgotten Symbian, before the last few years you'd struggle to find a way of paying if you wanted to.

I only have one pirated app which will earn the developer the same amount whenever I get around to buying it...

apps make enough money nowadays that they can get Arnold Schwarzenegger to advertise an app constantly on TV (seriously not a cheap thing to do) for a game I'd never even heard of. they won't be going anywhere...

(a quick search for Today Calendar Pro
apk will make it easy to find, theres not really
much that can be done about it) this guy is crying

if devs write code properly they can make an app that can't be used if it's not logged by them as being paid for.
old lonely cat games apps were impossible to crack or steal, devs should have learnt by now...

It's not like they are losing money you know. If piracy on android became impossible those same pirates would never buy the apps anyway, i know i wouldnt.

Perhaps this is one reason why developers prefer iOS as a platform? I mean just about any paid app can be found with a Google search for the apk, not to mention dozens of android app stores online that hosts the latest games and apps

So what are you trying to say, that piracy has no affect at all? And app developers are going to carry on putting apps and games out there when everyone thinks like you?

May I just say it is pure madness! We get that same TV ad with Arnie down here in SA, and there was even Game Of War being advertised with a Victoria Secret Model and then by Mariah Carey singing an old hit of hers, these guys are advertising on every ad platform available... they clearly make a ton of cash.

I am not saying that Piracy doesn't matter just cause they make a load of money, but rather that it doesn't seem as rampant as we are made to believe.

I personally just buy apps and games now, trying to find cracked apks and downloading from shady places seems a waste of my time, then again I no longer Root either, my phone has become more of a work tool so I need it to run 100 ,no jumping through this and that and having to live with weird issues.

If I'm not mistaken the JailBreak scene isn't all that innocent either WRT Piracy, I doubt any OS is, they all have a 'dark side' to them.

The jailbreak scene is still small cause it's inconsistent, you lose it every time after an update then don't know when the next one will arrive, where as side loading can be done on an android device out of the box

That's only the select few games which make good money, I'm sure the vast majority numbering in the millions hardly make anything, some might make a wage maybe?

apparently china leads in numbers on pirated apps since in china Google play dont include paid apps

these guys do make money and alot of it.i think wen they make an app they do have paid and unpaid 1s wich are filled with ads. ads equals revenue.judging by the market share of android thats a lot of revenue .

Third World country impossible to pay as master card and visa card is the problem

its been estimated clash of clans make around 2M a day .enuf to use celebs to advertise these game

Grand Theft Auto bad