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Comment on Piracy and the App Store by TRY Before you Buy | Nooidea.com | 装傻充愣

TRY Before you Buy | Nooidea.com | 装傻充愣 — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:53:07 +0000

[...] 苹果当然对前两天JailbreakMe记忆犹新，Try B4 You Buy当然矛头直至越狱使用盗版软件的现象（英文）。可以说盗版App的使用，无非对苹果程序商店和程序开发者是非常大的打击。更是让很多开发者无法继续开发的工作。 [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by What do ye do With a Drunken Pirate? « Gamer Gone Wild

What do ye do With a Drunken Pirate? « Gamer Gone Wild — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:46:13 +0000

[...] game Tap-Fu was cracked and available for download immediately after release. They estimated that 90% of the users submitting high scores to their online leaderboards were playing pirated [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Going Legit: The Difficult Path from Piracy to Partnership « The Scholarly Kitchen

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:29:16 +0000

[...] a network based on filesharing is a quick way to gain a large population of users. People like getting things for free. The legal issues surrounding the redistribution of copyrighted material are often ignored during [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Life as a Beta Geek · Copyright Infringement

Life as a Beta Geek · Copyright Infringement — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:20:20 +0000

[...] via Tim O’Reilly on Twitter, I came across this example from another industry on copyright infringement and Apple’s app sto…, which looks at the percentage of users of a given game using paid-for and infringing versions, [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Four short links: 17 December 2009 – Desirable Devices, iPhone Piracy Numbers, Internet Trend Numbers, Value of Privacy | websla.com

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:07:10 +0000

[...] iPhone Piracy — over 70% of submitted game scores for this game (Tap Fu) were from pirated copies. Having seen our data and the fact that not a single pirate bought Tap-Fu after playing it, these arguments all sound a bit delusional to me. It seems like an attempt at trying to be legitimate while hiding the real reason. They should just change their page to say “We pirate because we can”. That seems to be a much more honest statement based on the data we’ve seen. (via timoreilly on Twitter) This and more in today’s Four Short Links. [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by iPhone 3G » Blog Archive » Four short links: 17 December 2009 - Desirable Devices, iPhone Piracy Numbers, Internet Trend Numbers, Value of Privacy

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:49:35 +0000

[...] 2009 – Desirable Devices, iPhone Piracy Numbers, Internet Trend Numbers, Value of Privacy iPhone Piracy — over 70% of submitted game scores for this game (Tap Fu) were from pirated copies. Having [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Four short links: 17 December 2009 | Tech stories, videos and digg stories

Four short links: 17 December 2009 | Tech stories, videos and digg stories — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:34:05 +0000

[...] iPhone Piracy — over 70% of submitted game scores for this game were from pirated copies. Having seen our data and the fact that not a single pirate bought Tap-Fu after playing it, these arguments all sound a bit delusional to me. It seems like an attempt at trying to be legitimate while hiding the real reason. They should just change their page to say “We pirate because we can”. That seems to be a much more honest statement based on the data we’ve seen. (via timoreilly on Twitter) [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by App Store上的盜版狀況 | 網路趨勢行銷與開發

App Store上的盜版狀況 | 網路趨勢行銷與開發 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:01:18 +0000

[...] <本文翻譯自Smells Like Donkey> [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by My App was pirated - what should i do? - MacTalk Forums

My App was pirated - what should i do? - MacTalk Forums — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:54:49 +0000

[...] couple of posts worth reading from other developers in your position: Piracy and the App Store. My Experience Getting Owned by App Store Pirates __________________ Support MacTalk by shopping [...]

Comment on Updated Piracy Stats by LeroyJenkins

LeroyJenkins — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:15:04 +0000

Let’s try this from a different perspective, shall we?

Do not treat the pirates as the customers who got away.
(Stop calculating your losses from imaginary profits to be had.)

Because of piracy, the size of your audience has increased.
(More people are made aware of you/your app’s existence due to this.)

So what you have right now are more potential customers.

Comment on iPhone Game Console by Quest for the Perfect Screenshot (aka The iPhone Game Console)

Quest for the Perfect Screenshot (aka The iPhone Game Console) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:07:31 +0000

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Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Embedded Security Blog - By Discretix

Embedded Security Blog - By Discretix — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:10:43 +0000

[...] Tap-Fu game 70% piracy: http://smellslikedonkey.com/wordpress/?page_id=274 [...]

Comment on App Store Piracy Article by guarino

guarino — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:21:41 +0000

For sure there is nothing to do when they do piracy as a lifestyle. But there are others you can save…

I live in Brazil and I know the cause of it: The difficulty to access the US App Store. Have you tried to launch an app in all app stores around the world? Could be a great test for comparison with the results you have now.

To have everything original I need to take some risk and buy itunes gift cards on ebay. You are right saying that it is more difficult to buy on itunes than to pirate the app.

Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thiago

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Appspodcast #23 – Fahrende Brote | Touch-Mania | iPod Touch iPhone Jailbreak News Tutorials

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:22:32 +0000

[...] weil wir durch die Zeit gereist sind) -Rally Master Pro wurde am Erscheinungstag zu 95% gecrackt -Tap Fu wurde ebenfalls zwischen 80 und 90% gecrackt, die Conversion Rate zur Vollversion liegt bei 0… (Bitte nehmt nicht alles ernst was wir zu diesem Thema gesagt haben [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Appspodcast #23 – Fahrende Brote | Appspodcast

Appspodcast #23 – Fahrende Brote | Appspodcast — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:53:23 +0000

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by The Week in Games « two guys and a robot

The Week in Games « two guys and a robot — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:16:21 +0000

[...] iPhone developer, Smells Like Donkey (!), posted an item this week that a) describes how to pirate iPhone games, and b) complains that over 80% of the copies of his [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Von Piraten und Piracy

Von Piraten und Piracy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:21:26 +0000

[...] angesagteste Raubkopierer-Geschichte für das iPhone bietet dieser Tage ‘Tap-Fu‘ von Neptune Interactive und Smells Like Donkey. Nach der ersten Verkaufswoche blickten die [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Coraz więcej instalujemy pirackich aplikacji « iPhoneGuru.pl

Coraz więcej instalujemy pirackich aplikacji « iPhoneGuru.pl — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:02:29 +0000

[...] również Smells Like Donkey poinformowało, że wyniki z gry (high scores) Tap-Fu były przesyłane na ich serwery na DWA DNI przed oficjalnym [...]

Comment on App Store Piracy Article by yury

yury — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:02:24 +0000

Unfortunately I have to second that. I’ve read your article and went to AppStore to buy the game. I’ve deleted it after 10 minutes: it looks nice, but sooo boring. I would better go through Live4Ever for the third time.

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Piracy Hits iPhone Tap-Fu Developer | www.Multiplayergames.com - Multiplayer Games

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:03:05 +0000

[...] out of the way, developer Smells Like Donkey posted a fantastic insight into the sales vs. piracy debate and how it affected their small iPhone game. [...]

Comment on App Store Piracy Article by legitbuyer

legitbuyer — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:46:42 +0000

Hey guys, I was forwarded to this article by reading a reference from http://frontpage.fok.nl, a dutch news blog.

I must say i am rightly surprised and a little shocked.
I must confess that i do have a jailbreak, but i only use it because i want more control over the looks of my iphone; i love the winterboard and lockscreen info stuff!
All of my apps are legitemately purchased, and i consider most apps _VERY_ reasonably priced, and i beg to differ that buying via itunes is harder; it’s only 1 click!
My question is; if you’re able to detect pirated versions through the scoreboard; why not block their upload to global scores? If people are willing to spend hours on-end to reach highscores, then surely given some education they’ll be willing to buy the game at a measely 2 bucks? Why not have their iphones get a message upon trying to upload a score: “if you want a global highscore, try buying the game!” ?

Greetings to you, and please don’t give up.

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by iPhone and piracy « Pseudo-Random Code Blog

iPhone and piracy « Pseudo-Random Code Blog — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:40:56 +0000

[...] Smells like donkey blog had an interesting article about iPhone piracy from a game developer’s perspective. I was aware of the issue but I had no idea it was so easy. By their measurements, up to 90% of all submitted high-scores were from pirated apps. Wow. [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Softwarepiraterie bei iPhone Apps ein großes Thema

Softwarepiraterie bei iPhone Apps ein großes Thema — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:08:53 +0000

[...] kann man sich das nur schwer vorstellen. Doch eine Untersuchung von Smellslikedonkey hat ein Ergebnis hervorgebracht, das besagt, das bis zu 80 % der Spiele auf dem iPhone Raubkopien [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Tap-Fu Developer On Lack Of App Piracy Safeguards | iPhone 3G Tricks

Tap-Fu Developer On Lack Of App Piracy Safeguards | iPhone 3G Tricks — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:32:13 +0000

[...] criticized Apple’s security measures for protecting App Store content in a recent post on their blog. They talk about how their latest game, Tap-Fu [App Store, $1.99], has suffered from rampant app [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by All4Iphone » Blog Archive » 80% Piraterie

All4Iphone » Blog Archive » 80% Piraterie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:29:53 +0000

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Comment on App Store Piracy Article by nick2000

nick2000 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:17:21 +0000

What about only showing the high scores of legit buyers?

Pirates who upload high-scores are obviously *proud* of them so hiding them might make them buy the game or they simply cannot show the world how good they are

Comment on App Store Piracy Article by klingon55

klingon55 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:51:18 +0000

Forgive me if I am wrong, but doesn’t at least one person have to buy the app before its pirated? If not its Apple’s problem, if so you should use a unique id for each person who buys it and if that id appears on other devices as pirated you have now found your culprit and you could press charges.

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by Tap Fu developer hit hard by piracy | AppTrawler

Tap Fu developer hit hard by piracy | AppTrawler — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:47:55 +0000

[...] via a blog posting, the team claims that 80 per cent of players who submitted high scores for Tap Fu during the first [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by App-Entwickler: 80 Prozent unserer Spiele werden illegal kopiert | musikzweipunktnull

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:14:59 +0000

[...] Smells Like Donkey die Mühe gemacht, die Online-Statistiken seines Spiels Tap-Fu auszuwerten, das für 1,59 Euro im App Store für iPhone und iPod touch [...]

Comment on Piracy and the App Store by iPhone游戏盗版比率达80% | BING必应CHENG

iPhone游戏盗版比率达80% | BING必应CHENG — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:18:38 +0000

[...] 发表：小蚂蚁十 27th, 2009 栏目： IT News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry 一家iPhone游戏开发商利用玩家向在线记分板手动递交分数时泄漏的信息，追踪了游戏发布一周内的盗版比率。这款名叫Tap-Fu的游戏于10月16日进入iTune App store，售价为3.99美元。游戏有一个在线记分板，当用户递交他们的得分时，开发者可以追踪到得分数据、游戏地图信息、软件版本、操作系统版本、设备ID，以及是否为盗版的标签。统计显示，这款颇受欢迎的游戏盗版率为80%。根据“先试用后购买”的可理解盗版理由，开发者根据设备ID发现盗版玩家中没有一个人在玩后去购买游戏。在iPhone上安装盗版软件很简单，只要一台破解版的手机和Cydia软件即可 [...]