Comments on: S60 Developers Doing Things Right http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2009/01/s60-developers-doing-things-right.html Everything You Need To Know About Symbian, Straight From The Guru Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Paul http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2009/01/s60-developers-doing-things-right.html/comment-page-1#comment-20741 Paul Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:42:17 +0000 http://www.symbian-guru.com/?p=3477#comment-20741 Hi, I appreciate that it makes it easier for users to swap apps between phoens if it isn't locked<br>to the IMEI. However, you only have to do a torrent search for the companies you mentioned above to find that it is also highly pirated. Pleasing the customer is always an aspiration, but it cannot be done at the expense of the publisher's time and effort. People will always take toe free option if it exists. To see on average 21 copies being 'ripped' taken for free for every one sold (my actual stats based on wares/torrent monitoring) is pretty depressing.<br><br>So basically, app locking for anti-piracy purposes may be an annoyance but it is indeed a necessary evil - and certainly no reason to ignore piracy. Hi, I appreciate that it makes it easier for users to swap apps between phoens if it isn't locked
to the IMEI. However, you only have to do a torrent search for the companies you mentioned above to find that it is also highly pirated. Pleasing the customer is always an aspiration, but it cannot be done at the expense of the publisher's time and effort. People will always take toe free option if it exists. To see on average 21 copies being 'ripped' taken for free for every one sold (my actual stats based on wares/torrent monitoring) is pretty depressing.

So basically, app locking for anti-piracy purposes may be an annoyance but it is indeed a necessary evil – and certainly no reason to ignore piracy.

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