Android App developers work very hard at creating mobile applications to better enhance our user experience.   Countless amount of hours go into the building of these applications.  Many people are of the belief that all app developers are rich, making a fantastic living off of selling apps.  This couldn't be further from the truth.

Yes there are a few people who make it big,  but then there's the rest of us that barely break even.  We do this not for the money, but for the joy and passion we have for giving the user a better experience. 

Imagine you work your butt off making an app.  You upload it to Google Play Store and sell it for $1.00 (which you only make $.70 before paying income tax) and then days later you find out your brand new app is being hosted on Aptoide.  You watch in horror as the download count on that site continues to rise.  

This is a reality for Android app developers.  The site Aptoide or m.aptoide.com is a pirating app site that hosts and distributes stolen work.  Many of us have attempted several times to contact the site and ask for our work to be removed, only to be ignored.  They have no right to do this.  

No wonder app developers stop making apps.  Sites like this are condoning illegal activity and allowing theives to steal our work.

This site needs to be terminated and pirating and cracking paid apps needs to stop!!!

Please share this and sign this petition.  Sites like Aptoide are profitting on our paid apps by way of having  ads on their site which in turn makes them a sustantial profit.  This is unacceptable.  

Let's Shut it down