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		cozzyd on March 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fear of Apple That sounds highly disingenuous. F-Droid appears to have over 8 million downloads[0]. Amazon's store is probably well patronized too (and they seem to have good deals on paid apps). I'm sure there's some piracy, but I don't think it's that prevalent (at least not in the US). Either way, as a user, I'd rather be on a platform that is open enough that piracy is possible. [0]: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/blob/master/stats/total...

clarky07 on March 25, 2015 [–]

>I'm sure there's some piracy, but I don't think it's that prevalant

ha. that's a good one. I've had apps on both iOS and Android with < 10% of the installs being legit.

cozzyd on March 25, 2015 | [–]

How many of those were in markets you could actually sell in? (i.e. where Google Play is available)

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