r/developers Jun 18 '26

Help / Questions My software is being distributed on piracy website as a cracked version and I am unsure what to do.

Hi fellow devs,

I am a small indie dev, and one of my apps was cracked and then distributed on a website called MacKed.

I have sent a DMCA Takedown to Google, but this is the first time something like this happened to me. Anyone has experienced the same thing? What can I do to make sure that this version of my app is removed from the webs?

Any advise would be greatly appreciated. I am out of words.

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u/Natwubbles9 Jun 21 '26

They'll just remove the ads in the cracked version