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The second comes from conversations with an IP lawyer friend of mine. He says that the notion of "protect it or lose it" that one finds in English-based common law applies to IP as much as it applies to the walking path across your field.
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I've never seen things that way.
Or the other hand, isn't that the point of licencing ?
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This is a very tough one. The non-ad-supported version would certainly continue to be pirated
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True. But, it might people to test out the app and buy. Every now and then, I give up buying an app because I can't test it.
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Putting aside that some people will not pay for an app under almost any circumstance, it seems that the problem to solve is to get past the "If I pay for it and don't like it, then I am out the money" barrier. We have an extremely liberal refund policy (basically ask for it and you get it), but people don't seem to notice it, or perhaps to believe us. Both are understandable. In the end, having the policy doesn't seem to solve the problem.
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I was actually unaware app sellers could have this kind of polices on google play.