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The United States Department of Justice, together with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, has seized three websites accused of
distributing Android apps illegally. Android app developers applauded
the move, as these apps are pirated outside of Google Play and they
would not get paid for it.
The three websites were Applanet.net, Appbucket.net, and
Snappzmarket.com. Among the three, Applanet is not afraid of what it
does as stated in its Twitter account: “Applanet is an exact replica of
the android market. Get free paid apps. Directly to your phone!”
It is relatively easier to “pirate” Android apps compared to its
Apple counterparts. A pirate simply needs to gain access to an openly
available Android Package file and load it into their own app store or
copy the code outright and republish the software.
Despite the loophole of these Android apps, Google has not made enough changes on how Android apps are published.
Source: Department of Justice, via ReadWriteWeb
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