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Apk Repos?

If your referring to what an apk repo is, its a repository that usually contains cracked apps, ones that cost money but can be acquired free by downloading through a repo. But if im correct not all repos have cracked apps, some just serve as alternatives to the android market. Someone correct me if im wrong.
 
Android Forums can't condone copyright infringement or what's commonly called software piracy.

The legal channels besides the Market, such as appbrain.com, developer websites and repositories for open source are perfectly ok.

The illegal ones are not to link.

Remember - there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Besides being illegal and immoral, warez sites are high-risk and don't let anyone kid you otherwise. This last week, one site owner who thought he skirted the law by just being a conduit with that nonsense of "these links go elsewhere, I'm not responsible for others' content" - well, this week he got handed five years in a Federal pen - and a 37 year old woman who thought she could get something for nothing using P2P just had a Federal judge hand her a $40,000 fine.

People think these are horror stories and it's all the bogeyman and it won't happen to them.

The industry and the lawyers have stepped up the game and the prosecutors and courts are going for it.

So - you shouldn't.

Besides - we pass out serious infractions and bans for it, so it's not worth it.

edit and ps - Yes - gray- and black-market copies of apps are now a growth industry for malware, and the Android Trojans that have been reported to date have been vectored in precisely that way.
 
EarlyMon said:
Android Forums can't condone copyright infringement or what's commonly called software piracy.

The legal channels besides the Market, such as appbrain.com, developer websites and repositories for open source are perfectly ok.

The illegal ones are not to link.

Remember - there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Besides being illegal and immoral, warez sites are high-risk and don't let anyone kid you otherwise. This last week, one site owner who thought he skirted the law by just being a conduit with that nonsense of "these links go elsewhere, I'm not responsible for others' content" - well, this week he got handed five years in a Federal pen - and a 37 year old woman who thought she could get something for nothing using P2P just had a Federal judge hand her a $40,000 fine.

People think these are horror stories and it's all the bogeyman and it won't happen to them.

The industry and the lawyers have stepped up the game and the prosecutors and courts are going for it.

So - you shouldn't.

Besides - we pass out serious infractions and bans for it, so it's not worth it.

edit and ps - Yes - gray- and black-market copies of apps are now a growth industry for malware, and the Android Trojans that have been reported to date have been vectored in precisely that way.
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apk*** uninstalled!
 
EarlyMon said:
Android Forums can't condone copyright infringement or what's commonly called software piracy.

The legal channels besides the Market, such as appbrain.com, developer websites and repositories for open source are perfectly ok.

The illegal ones are not to link.

Remember - there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Besides being illegal and immoral, warez sites are high-risk and don't let anyone kid you otherwise. This last week, one site owner who thought he skirted the law by just being a conduit with that nonsense of "these links go elsewhere, I'm not responsible for others' content" - well, this week he got handed five years in a Federal pen - and a 37 year old woman who thought she could get something for nothing using P2P just had a Federal judge hand her a $40,000 fine.

People think these are horror stories and it's all the bogeyman and it won't happen to them.

The industry and the lawyers have stepped up the game and the prosecutors and courts are going for it.

So - you shouldn't.

Besides - we pass out serious infractions and bans for it, so it's not worth it.

edit and ps - Yes - gray- and black-market copies of apps are now a growth industry for malware, and the Android Trojans that have been reported to date have been vectored in precisely that way.
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Great post.
 
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