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The Google Play Store "Traps" pirates, even though they aren't pirates! This is how you can break free!
The Pirate Trap
Anyone who has ever “sideloaded” a paid Android application has probably run into this miserable little quirk in Google’s Android ecosystem: once the Play Store (Market) has seen that you have a paid application installed, it marks it as purchased under your applications. But even though the Play Store says you’ve purchased the application, you won’t be able to download the application or get any updates for it. The old Market used to give an error of “You haven’t purchased this application”, while the Play Store gives a more generic (and less accusatory) message of not being able to download the application.
Android pirates are well accustomed to this, and for them it’s not a problem as they will simply continue sideloading the application as updates are leaked out. But what if you’ve accidentally fallen into this application purgatory? How can you break out of Android’s Pirate Trap?
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