What to do now? Raging? Nothing? Partying? Is it an accolade? Would you contact the filehoster to take it down? Can I technically detect within the app that I'm running on a jailbroken device?
Ask HN: My iOS app got pirated, what to do now? Raging? Nothing? Partying?
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#4You can't stop pirates and converting users of the piratery is not worth the effort. I hope this doesn't drain your revenue, but if you can just push forward and make paying customers happy and find new ones, that's where I'd spend my time.
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#5Here's the page for FileSonic: http://www.filesonic.com/report-abuse
Wupload: http://www.wupload.com/dmca
BitShare: http://www.bitshare.com/abuse.html
That won't stop the pirating, but it's something...
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#7I would say "party". It's one more user to add to your user base. One more user who (if your app doesn't suck) will end up showing it to someone who doesn't want to bother with the immense fuss of pirating and will just purchase it.
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#8Of cause, it would be interesting to see how many people are using the pirated version of your app, if it can be achieved with little effort.