by TT » Nov 22, 2004 @ 4:46pm
Well, I think there's no way to protect your app from being cracked.
Here, in Russia, you can freely buy "pirated" CDs with cracked software near almost every subway station. Software collection worth over $3000 (AutoCAD, Photoshop, CorelDraw, Windows etc) can be bought for 80 roubles (less than $3). Specialized industrial CAD/CAM software for $2000-3000 each is "more expensive" - from $10 to $150.
So you can obtain any software almost for no cost.
Why? I'll tell you. Average person gets about $300-400 monthly. Now the expences: $30 house rent, $100 at least - food, $20 - subway and buses... Houseware and clothes - let it be as small as $50, Internet ($30) and cellular calls ($20-$50). It's already $250... If you don't own a car (then expences increasing dramatically). Something definitely should be left for entertainment, health and so on...
So I, for example, cannot afford to buy software for my PC and PDA. "Software pirates" are just using it...