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There's been a bit of an update. Apparently, nearly all of the pirated copies are in China. This is interesting, because Google's app market isn't available in China (due to Chinese legal issues, and even if it was, the chinese carriers are flat out refusing to deal with Google.), and that also kills off the ability for in-app-purchases (which are tied to to google's payment system, part of the app market). 33% of all chinese now have smartphones, and 38% have android phones, which works out to roughly 170million android users in China (which is about the total number for the rest of the world). So, because the Google Play market isn't an option for nearly half of the total users, piracy is their only option for many apps (pretty much any app not made in China), ending up with stuff like this (80% piracy figures for some games when it hits big in China).
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