UPDATE: SOPA HAS BEEN POSTPONED TILL' 2012 (Read here)
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After a bit of research on a bill that could possibly be passed dubbed "SOPA" I wanted to share what I've learned/found, and then get the opinion on the matter from the Vibrant community...
INFO ON SOPA:
You maybe haven't heard of SOPA, it's not like the news is covering it, or in general very much discussed about considering how big of an effect it can have on the world. Well, if you haven't already heard about SOPA then you're going to be in for a very big surprise today. SOPA stands for the Stop Online Piracy Act- Now wait. Stopping piracy? That actually doesn't sound to bad. Pirating a movie for example is stealing, so this bill would be a good thing? No. No. It wouldn't.
SOPA (if passed) would allow for the government to block any website that contains copyrighted material. What do I mean by that? Say some little Bieber fan girl on YouTube posts a download link to a new song of his. Well, that's actually not legal, so YouTube is now in jeopardy of being shutdown. I'm not even being over dramatic, this is a fact. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, even XDA would have to censor their millions users or risk getting shutdown. Although any website, foreign or domestic, big or a small start up, can get shutdown I just want to emphasize that all those very popular sites (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, XDA) are by no means outside of the bills laws.
That's not the end of it though, there is more! SOPA can also ban generic drugs! Maybe to most of us that just means coughing up a buck or two more for real Tylenol instead of buying the cheaper (yet just as effective) Target brand one. Maybe so. But what about people who can't afford that buck or two more? That means people in need who can't afford name brand medicine are completely out of luck...
This bill also goes by the name H.R.3261 and the Protect IP Act.
EDUCATE YOURSELF ON SOPA!Now that I've given you a taste of what SOPA is about, I suggest you go and educate yourself on SOPA. Understand it, maybe even read the full text (link in "Useful Links" section). Then, if you can, spend twenty minutes and watch this video on YouTube about SOPA. It's very informal...
USEFUL LINKS:
(Originally posted by XDA member "jamRwoo")
"Contacting The Congress" - Easily lookup the names/contact information of your Reps/Senators.
SOPA Wikipedia Article - References - These references link to a variety of websites/articles that are both for and against this bill. I would like to personally point out how most of those in support are entities of a political nature, while those against are largely non-political technology-oriented entities.
Full Text of H.R.3261 [PDF] - A relatively "short" 78 pages.
Hearing Information - House Judiciary Committee - This bill is on "the fastrack," meaning its authors are trying to push it through as quickly as possible...This hearing is where the bill began it's journey today (11/16/11).
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If you think SOPA will only cause trouble, contact congress! This website is a great tool at doing such.
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Feel free to reply with your opinion on the matter and/or participate in the poll at the top of the post.
this thread is so bias its just too ridiculous to take seriously. you're title itself pushes public opinion towards the censorship route (so I see you edite the title now -_-). Also in the sources you posted it specifically says that sites like youtube will not be held liable if they act promptly to take away the copyrighted material. do I think it's all BS? hells ye, but it doesn't mean they're not wrong. piracy is stealing period, regardless of your philosophical views that music and games should be free. if somebody wants to charge for their product you don't have to buy it, but you shouldn't be stealing it either.
I think the videogame, music and movie industry need a new format to publish their media and need to be more open and fair in terms of pricing because thats whats allowed these peer to peer sharing sites to soar in popularity. people are just fed up with the bull**** prices of subpar products, ie CODMW3 and the fact that it cost 60 bucks while offering nothing new = complete ripoff, while you can get BF3 for less = heaven.
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this thread is so bias its just too ridiculous to take seriously. you're title itself pushes public opinion towards the censorship route (so I see you edite the title now -_-). Also in the sources you posted it specifically says that sites like youtube will not be held liable if they act promptly to take away the copyrighted material. do I think it's all BS? hells ye, but it doesn't mean they're not wrong. piracy is stealing period, regardless of your philosophical views that music and games should be free. if somebody wants to charge for their product you don't have to buy it, but you shouldn't be stealing it either.
I think the videogame, music and movie industry need a new format to publish their media and need to be more open and fair in terms of pricing because thats whats allowed these peer to peer sharing sites to soar in popularity. people are just fed up with the bull**** prices of subpar products, ie CODMW3 and the fact that it cost 60 bucks while offering nothing new = complete ripoff, while you can get BF3 for less = heaven.
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The mw3 thing is frustrating me >.< mw3 is a great game: a full new campaign, new spec ops missions, a survival mode, 16 new maps and a refresh in terms of weapons etc, as well as countless improvements and fixs... im more tthan happy with my purchase, 60$ was fine...
As for piracy, i agree, high prices isnt an excuse for stealing but assuming that you own rights to text or music has always seems incredibly dumb to me... i write something and suddenly no one can ever write that again without consulting me??? **** no... i say that if you want to sell books or recordings, thats one thing but once it becomes illegal for someone to publicly perform a song because "i thought of it first", theres something really wrong here...
Then theres 1$ for a 4 minute loop of 4 chords and a juvenile melody line and a sung poem about love, loss or "the skeletons in my closet", "this life i regret", "the fingernails in my eyes"...
So what if i claimed rrights to love as aa topic for music.. can i sue all the music that talks about it???
To conclude my rant... if you cant protect it, its not yours; dont try to sell it and then abuse an incredibly idiotic system of law to strong-arm anyone who gets in your way.
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@dardani89
Yes, I changed the title because you were right. It was biased. You do make a good point.
However, YouTube censoring the material is pretty bad in itself. For example if someone makes a video with copyrighted music playing (even in the background) then either one of a few things would happen...
1. The video would be removed
2. The audio would be removed
3. The user will get banned
But if YouTube doesn't take action then it's at risk of being shutdown.
Also, it's not that part of the bill that truly bothers me. It's the part about generic drugs. Because in my opinion, that where it crosses the line.
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sopa and protect ip are retarded. it's just a bunch of inept politicians making ineffective policy about something they don't understand.
Hell, you didn't even cover the fact that if passed, it could alter the foundation of how the internet works for americans. other countries are threatening to actually cut us off if these bills pass into law(they are actually two separate proposals, looks like big business isnt taking any chances).
Also as far as I know or have read the offending sites are reachable you just have to find out thier ip address and type it in manually(or alter your hosts file)
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Hell, you didn't even cover the fact that if passed, it could alter the foundation of how the internet works for americans. other countries are threatening to actually cut us off if these bills pass into law(they are actually two separate proposals, looks like big business isnt taking any chances).
Also as far as I know or have read the offending sites are reachable you just have to find out thier ip address and type it in manually(or alter your hosts file)
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There's a video that talks briefly about the bill changing the internet's foundation and reaching the site by knowing it's IP address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLYgs0xMDm0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1w6GtwOvnWM
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Watched that video earlier today. Very catchy song.
I havent read the part about this bill banning generic drugs but if thats the case then I highly doubt it will pass with that text included. Generic drugs are one of the facets of the medical system that keeps medicare prices from getting higher than they would be. Imagine the government paying brand name prices for millions of seniors on blood pressure/heart/cholesterol medication, it would be so absurd that it would automatically bankrupt the government with an insane automatic increase of healthcare spending. remember that entitlement programs rise in cost due to self regulating formulas, not through legislators. So with that text in the bill and the budgetary mindset right now, I doubt any serious legislator would support a ban in generic drugs. Let alone the popular opinion that would rip it apart in a matter of days.
As Nilay Patel said on TWIT: It's a terrible solution to a real problem.
Down with SOPA
First... let's start with a a few definitions.
com·put·er - n.
1. An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
2. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations.
3. A device that computes, especially a programmable electronic machine that performs high-speed mathematical or logical operations or that assembles, stores, correlates, or otherwise processes information.
tel·e·phone - n.
1. An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.
SO... I was browsing around XDA, and I couldn't help but notice all of talk we have accumulated over this whole HBoot 1.5 deal, not have the NAND unlocked, crummy source code releases from phone companies, sprint and many other phone companies monitoring every little thing we do, people's contracts being terminated for "accessing torents".... a whole laundry list of problems people are having with various aspects of owning their "phone" and not having freedom to truly do whatever they want with it.
I started pondering the idea that cell phones, tablets, the whole scene, are slowly starting to replace the use of a personal lap top or desk top. Many people, such as myself, use their "phone" as a very handy mobile business tool - much like you would a computer - checking/sending emails, downloading music, managing bank accounts, keeping up with the latest news on facebook, recording/sharing/editing high quality media, playing games, programming and testing software, composing and looking at word, excel, powerpoint, adobe... just to name a few... documents. Oh, and making phone calls.
Back to the "thought" that came to mind as I was contemplating this, it occurred to me that my phone, is becoming much less of a phone to me, and more like a computer, and just like my computer it is something I have paid and continually pay good money for...
My question, then, is would the free world (society) ever tolerate the limitations, and obnoxious "control" over their personal computers that we are all rolling over on our backs and accepting from phone companies? Could this idea that phones are becoming, and ARE, more a computer than a phone in the year 2012 and furthermore at what point will we stop accepting this type of tyranny from the dealers of these devices? Could this not be comparative to best buy selling you a laptop, then the cable company telling you exactly what you are and aren't allowed to do with said laptop, simply because they are providing you the PAID FOR service of their internet? Where and when are we going to draw the line with this type of double standard and make a valiant effort to bring this to the attention of people who are walking in blindness, with their little computers in their pockets, with their big phone company telling them exactly what they can and cannot do with their phone? If I want to buy a lap top, then turn around and rebuild it to my liking, knowing the warranty may be void if something goes wrong, and maybe over something as simple as not liking the color of the menu screen, do I not have that ability? Likewise, if I pay hundreds of dollars for a portable computer, which fits conveniently in my pocket, and I decide I want to tear apart the software simply to rebuild it or improve on things that do not fit to my needs EXACTLY, am I not allowed to do this simply because I am paying for internet and radio reception and the company selling me such service says "no, that is not allowed" because they say so? If this type of control or dictatorship was ever forced upon our personal computers, there would be riots on the doorsteps of the people selling us the computers and internet service. Why then do we tolerate this bull**** with something cell phone companies call a "phone" but something we all know is just as useful, and extremely more convenient than, a lap top.
Why is there no freedom to do whatever we please with our pocket sized computers? Why do cell carriers tell us what we can and cannot do with the devices they sell us, then make us pay for continually? The average person will spend approximately $1,800 dollars on "cell phone" services over the course of a contract. By the time that contract is up, their hardware is outdated, and needs replacing to keep up with the software and hardware advancement in the mobile electronic world. Does that wreak of computer or phone to you? My parents have had the same house phone in their living room for the past 10 years, and it does exactly what it was always designed to do, and does not need "upgrading". Why are "cell phones" being called cell phones by Sprint, Verizon, T Mobile, and many other companies that sell these devices by the millions when they are hardly phones at all? If my laptop has an application on it, which it does - skype, that is designed to simply make a phone call every now and then among the hundred of other things I use it for, does that mean I should call my lap top a cell phone? Simply because I can talk to cell phones from it? Or is it a computer, because it's primary function is to compute data that I store on it, and read that data back to me in millions of different ways and interact with me based on what data I decide to access/store in it? "Cell phones" are not cell phones, and why are we allowing people to tell us otherwise, simply so they can dictate to us what we do with them? I think it is time we start bringing this to people's attention. I think it is time to start raising this question to "cell phone" companies and manufacturers of these expensive devices, then turn around and tell us what we can and cannot do with our "cell phone." I say we start giving a big fat middle finger to this injustice and go on the offense here about this huge issue. I don't want your spyware bull **** on my computer, I don't want to be told what websites I am allowed to visit/not visit, I don't want you locking me out of my computer's OS, I don't want you collecting random statistical data about what apps I use, I don't want you invading my privacy. I just want to buy my damn computer, pay for your radio service like I do with my laptop and comcast, and not have any other relationship with you other than a monthly payment. I am one of those who enjoys freedom. And if I want to pick apart the software that you pre-loaded into my device, for learning experience, for ****s and giggles, for the pure sake of not being bored, give me the freedom to do it ENTIRELY... Not in some half ass way.
Our "phones" are not phones. Make this known the next time a "phone" company calls you with their ridiculous "rate your experience at our store" phone calls. In fact, request that they do call. Write a letter. Hell, copy and paste this entire rant and email it to [email protected]... whatever the hell you do, stop letting people walk all over you by feeding you lies about what that device in your hand truly is, which you are reading this post from.
Be vocal, and be defiant with this major invasion of privacy and freedom. It will turn heads and cause people to question the powers that be. Does ANYBODY have a right to tell me what I do with MY computer? Hell no they don't.
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You sir, a a born philosopher.
Nicely said.
Evo 3D taking it to Redline!
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Agreed in full.
PS. The first one to flame should get banned from XDA! and their phone removed by the FBI...
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Meh, its still just a phone, the "phone" has just evolved. All technology has a 2 year cycle. And as long as you have to go through a carrier, they will be able to tell you what you can and cannot do.
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Cool Story Bro. Now seriously, you may have a point there athough if this did happen we would probably end up laying full price for our phones. Where do you ever see a desktop with 250 instant savings if you setup Verizon home and phone service in your area. It's an iffy situation. Once we call these "phones" computers they will end up being treated as such. I can't imagine how much the cost of an app would go up just because my phone is no longer considered a mobile platform.
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The phone is simply no longer a phone. With the recent software that allows us to run x86 OS's in your hand with nothing more than a disk image and a text edit, the term "PC in your hand" is indeed a reality. As this wonderful visionary has so stated in so many words, where does the line that separates computer and phone begin and end. And the simple answer is, it doesn't begin or end because it doesn't exist.
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ha, if you think you aren't paying full price for your phone through the back door (your monthly bill) you are fooling yourself. they compensate themselves greatly with that little rebate you "save"
my point is simply that our "phones" are not phones anymore. they are computers. i have a phone, at my house, and it makes phone calls. what it doesn't do is keep me logged into skype, facebook, twitter, my email accounts, my netflix account, my pandora account, my bank account, or record pictures, videos, then allow me to do much of that stuff at the same time and in a timely manner.... much like my lap top does.
i was on a little bit of a stick it to the man kick last night i'll admit...lol... but really ask yourselves, "is he right here?" i think so. it would not be a stretch at all to say our personal mobile computers are being monopolized and freedoms are being infringed upon simply because we have been told to call these mobile computers "phones"...
have they evolved from what they were? certainly. i remember when my cell phone was simply a cell phone. the reality is that i use my phone for things i used to use my computer for.... as somebody said before, that line between phone and computer has been quickly fading and is nearly gone, so why treat our phones any different than we would a computer? and why shouldn't we expect nothing less than complete and utter personal privacy for these devices? and just as you buy a desktop or lap top and have entire administrative control over it, why is this not being allowed on these ones that are hand held? it is a sick double standard that is there to simply control what you do with the device. the fact is, people would be in an uproar if companies such as dell, or gateway, or apple, or comcast, etc treated you and your desk top the way you are being treated with your "cell phone"
Dude, you're absolutely right! If anyone disagrees, its because they have been brain washed for so long they don't know any better. Come to think of it, I hardly use my "phone" to make phone calls. The sad reality, though, is that I don't see change any time soon. We have given the carriers too much power and, just like government, they never give that power back.
But I mean, this if what the man is good at, like for real. They sell us on an idea, put the product in our hand, say "do anything you can imagine with it" and out in the fine print "but only do what we allow you to imagine, nothing more!" For example, just because it plugs in, in a sense anyway. I have a NextBook Premium 7 tablet. I have also started developing roms. The problem my partners and I ran into was the limitation of space on the thing (210 mb after root, 160 mb before root), after converting the file system from the manufacturer version to a version that the typical phone runs (ext3) and editing the parameters, the thing has a gigabyte of free space. To plug this into the topic at hand, what the electronic market does by limiting the possibilities of what our devices can do is keep money in their pockets, because they (for example) release a 3vo with a 1 gHz processor, the release a sensation with a 1.2 GHz, putting emphasis on the ".2" for $100 more. Then come back and sound the release of a quad core 1.5 GHz phone, again putting emphasis on the ".5" and are going to throw ANOTHER $100 on to of the sensations price tag after rebate. When in fact, the 3vo can be over clocked to 1.5 and be stable, the sensation can hit that 1.8 with its eyes closed, and I'm quite sure a quad core can push 2.0 GHz plus on a bad day. The average consumer doesn't know this though, and the average consumer happens to be pretty much 95% of society with an Android phone smartphone, and unfortunately the consumer market plays on this lack of knowledge.
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This should at the very least concern some of you. The way the technological world is headed, lap top and desk top computers could very well be obsolete in a few years. Entirely obsolete. Your “phone” will do all of the things your computer does, and dell will be in the “phone” business, not the PC business. Who is going to be in control of your “phone service”….??
Sprint, Verizon, T mobile, etc… turning a blind eye to this unfolding before our very eyes is ignorant and foolish. They will have us all by the testicles.
so my car is also a computer? Its got multiple CPU's, a place to watch dvds, and a 7" monitor with android OS on it. I drive a computer! sweet!
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so my car is also a computer? Its got multiple CPU's, a place to watch dvds, and a 7" monitor with android OS on it. I drive a computer! sweet!
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well you are obviously out of your element here.
what is the MAIN function of your car? to drive. technically your brain is a computer. don't be a moron.
a hand held camera for example, has a speaker phone on it for recording sound with the video? correct? does it also have an image processor? yes it does. do we call it a voice recorder? no. we call it a camera.
my whole point is that our "phones" are far more similar to our "computers" and labelling them "phones" and treating them as such, by controlling them and monopolizing them and dictating what we are not allowed to do with them, is none of anybody's ****ing business but ours - much like what you do with your computer is nobody's business but yours. if i download torrents on my lap top, does dell and comcast walk in and remove the service i am paying for? no, they don't, because it is unlawful and not their element. furthermore, phone companies do not treat these devices with the respect they deserve, hence all the security flaws we uncover in the dev community. this needs to change.
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This should at the very least concern some of you. The way the technological world is headed, lap top and desk top computers could very well be obsolete in a few years. Entirely obsolete. Your “phone” will do all of the things your computer does, and dell will be in the “phone” business, not the PC business. Who is going to be in control of your “phone service”….??
Sprint, Verizon, T mobile, etc… turning a blind eye to this unfolding before our very eyes is ignorant and foolish. They will have us all by the testicles.
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The phone "will" do nothing, cause it already does.! And though I agree that the ideal "desktop or laptop" will fade, the touchscreen PC will shine through eventually just as the phone did, I doubt regular computers will fade away at anytime in the near future.
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1. The code for phones is written on supercomputers, so you'll likely not see the complete dismantling of them in general. Maybe a huge drop off of personal (at home) computers/laptops, but not full scale pc absence.
2. Its the desire of the users to have the latest and greatest things to play with that feeds cell phone companies and allows them to control the experience.
3. The only true way to revolt against the companies, is don't buy the latest and greatest, or don't buy at all. We're only subject to our own temptations. You have to eliminate your dependence on your smartphone, and retract back to "the old way" (only make phone calls, write letters, etc). Its because you (general you) have allowed yourself to be reliant on your phone for so many aspects of your life that phone companies (manufacturers and cell service providers alike) have you by the balls.
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The phone "will" do nothing, cause it already does.! And though I agree that the ideal "desktop or laptop" will fade, the touchscreen PC will shine through eventually just as the phone did, I doubt regular computers will fade away at anytime in the near future.
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why would you want a touch screen PC when tablets and ipads and phones are already there? and what makes you think the technology will stay restricted to a display screen? virtual displays are already in the works and these will be implemented as soon as they can be. your "phone" could very likely one day fulfill every aspect of entertainment and communication that your standard home computer does. how do you not see this trend already taking a sharp rise over the last two years compared to the last 4 or 5? sprint and other carrier's line up of devices has taken a major overhaul over merely the last 5 years, and you think that trend is suddenly going to come to a screeching halt and dual core, 1 gig RAM, and 4 inch displays will be the standard for the next century or even 5 years? you are mistaken.
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I had an argument with a friend the other day... I was arguing that a mobile device is a very sensitive thing because it allows to glean far more intimate information that may harm you very much and that people should be wary at what features are added to the phone. To which he replied "So what? What are the chances that an intruder would get remote access to my phone?".
Hrmp...
What are actually the chances of a non tech savvy but a conservative user (meaning that he largely doesn't experiment with completely unknown apps and he uses only the official markets to download) of getting someday his phone remotely accessed (at least once in his lifetime)?
If for instance we add a feature to the phone where it can destroy all of our home appliances- would it be wise? Is there a realistic risk involved? Why would someone want to destroy our possessions even if he gained entry?
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I had an argument with a friend the other day... I was arguing that a mobile device is a very sensitive thing because it allows to glean far more intimate information that may harm you very much and that people should be wary at what features are added to the phone. To which he replied "So what? What are the chances that an intruder would get remote access to my phone?".
Hrmp...
What are actually the chances of a non tech savvy but a conservative user (meaning that he largely doesn't experiment with completely unknown apps and he uses only the official markets to download) of getting someday his phone remotely accessed (at least once in his lifetime)?
If for instance we add a feature to the phone where it can destroy all of our home appliances- would it be wise? Is there a realistic risk involved? Why would someone want to destroy our possessions even if he gained entry?
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Malware is widespread on Android phones. Just search the web for "android malware" and you can find plenty of information about these threats. You can get malware-infected apps from Google Play, and sometimes legitimate-looking apps have been repackaged with malware.by someone else.
An attacker probably is more likely to take personal information: Your contacts, passwords, email/SMS, banking and financial info, health info, etc. They can use it to steal money (e.g., from your bank account or by using your credit card), impersonate you for purposes of identity theft, or for other reasons.
Well that is the thing- my wariness comes exactly from searches like that, from subscribing to various security blogs, from reading coverings of Blackhat, Defcon and the myriad ways a phone can be intruded. Not just by downloading and running software but by browsing the web, plugging things into USB cables/outlets, weaknesses in assorted programs and tons of other possibilities.
The abilities are copious. In theory.
The device seems so inherently dangerous that I basically treat it as if it was hacked (well, try to. It's hard to minimize information pass through), but then there are links like that: http://bgr.com/2015/02/17/android-vs-windows-malware-infection/ where even people with some vested interest talk about practical numbers of less than 1%.
I suppose that as a random for-profit-hacker I too would be firstly interested in stealing data and money directly, but there are other kinds of intruders (like police/for-the-lulz/ combination of the 3 and etc) and I'm not sure if in practicality concerns over other types of damage (other than steal info) are substantial.
I did recognized one type of financial profit from attacks of physical damage though- ransomware, but I can't think of any other monetary gain.
Hi
I have been thinking about why has nobody created an app like WatchChat but for Wear OS
I have no idea how to create it, but I think if you create it you will earn a lot of money. A lot of people would be happy to pay for a suscription to use that
It sucks to only be able to answer notifications and not being able to open a chat and write
Smart Watches has a lot of potential, But there aren't many apps available
yes we can do a lot of money with this
Hey everyone, actually I also had a Wear OS version in the store for like a year however it wasn't financially viable to keep it online so I had to pull it unfortunately.
Probably the biggest issue was piracy which is a huge problem especially on the Play Store but even with that factored out, there unfortunately wasn't much money to be made. Besides that, on Android you generally have a much lower conversion rate due to people expecting stuff for free.
Not blaming anyone, back when I was in school I'd rather put hours into finding a crack and installing dodgy APK's (soft bricking my device and on the bright side learning a lot along the way) instead of simply paying 50 cents for an app, I definitely know where some people are coming from with that and I can't judge - but the bottom line is the same, I wasn't able to justify putting any more work into this since it couldn't attract many people so I had to drop it.
I may get back to Android development at some point, maybe things have changed since then but at the moment that's the status.
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Hey everyone, actually I also had a Wear OS version in the store for like a year however it wasn't financially viable to keep it online so I had to pull it unfortunately.
Probably the biggest issue was piracy which is a huge problem especially on the Play Store but even with that factored out, there unfortunately wasn't much money to be made. Besides that, on Android you generally have a much lower conversion rate due to people expecting stuff for free.
Not blaming anyone, back when I was in school I'd rather put hours into finding a crack and installing dodgy APK's (soft bricking my device and on the bright side learning a lot along the way) instead of simply paying 50 cents for an app, I definitely know where some people are coming from with that and I can't judge - but the bottom line is the same, I wasn't able to justify putting any more work into this since it couldn't attract many people so I had to drop it.
I may get back to Android development at some point, maybe things have changed since then but at the moment that's the status.
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I just sold my Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, I will switch to Apple Watch because I really need an app like WatchChat
I don't like iPhones, I was very happy with the S21 Ultra, but I'm a medical student and I need to check my messages fast and write fast too and I can't take out my phone because I'm not allowed to