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0 pointsshimfish5y ago0 comments

From 2015. No reason to believe things would have got better since then.

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> How is piracy for Android any easier than say, Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux?

I'm not arguing if it is easier, I am asking how is it easier? That article does not answer how.

Aren't APK files simply java .jar packaged together? It's trivial to fully decompile java binary (bytecode) directly to source code.

Google offers protection via obfuscation. I've seen the results of its decompilation and it's practically useless.

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0 pointsshimfish5y ago0 comments

From 2015. No reason to believe things would have got better since then.

> How is piracy for Android any easier than say, Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux?

I'm not arguing if it is easier, I am asking how is it easier? That article does not answer how.

Aren't APK files simply java .jar packaged together? It's trivial to fully decompile java binary (bytecode) directly to source code.

Google offers protection via obfuscation. I've seen the results of its decompilation and it's practically useless.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse