[KurtPattinson]

I try to download VivaVideo using third-party websites which resembles Google Play Store, they instruct me on download VivaVideo by using the modification of APK files called APK Bundle, i do follow their instructions and yeah, i have succeeded in downloading VivaVideo.

But I don't know what APK bundle is ?? How does it work? Why does VivaVideo need that ?? Does it cause any harm to my Android? Is there any chance of getting virus attack or personal information invaded??

[Mooncatt]

Does it cause any harm to my Android? Is there any chance of getting virus attack or personal information invaded??

Any time you download from third party hosts there is a very real chance of someone injecting malware into the app. I suggest uninstalling the app, and installing it correctly from Google Play, then pay the subscription fee as required.

[mustang7757]

I agree , outside play store you don't know how protected you'll be , too many virus out there.

[hallux]

Good developers should be rewarded with the requested fee for their apps (if one is being asked for). Those 3rd-party sites can inject unwanted garbage into the apps (which can then result in you having an unwarranted bad experience with the app and giving the app a bad review on the markets where people get the app legitimately) and possibly result in data privacy concerns on your part.

I agree with the others, get the app from the Play Store and pay to unlock the features. Honestly - this perceived mentality by Android users is one reason we haven't had really high-end developers on Android like iOS has had, they want to be paid for their work but that becomes much more difficult when you consider how people take these apps and re-release them (illegally) on 3rd-party sites for free.

[Rukbat]

Good developers should be rewarded with the requested fee for their apps (if one is being asked for).

In about 10 years, around the beginnings of shareware, I had software out there that a lot of people liked. (One was even written up by a columnist in PC World.) In all that time, I got exactly zero payments. (I still kept putting stuff out there, not to make money, but because when I needed something, I wrote software to do it, and figured that others might like the same thing. But 10 years, and not a penny.)

I don't need many Android apps, but I pay for the ones I want to use. It's not like joaomgcd, the developer now behind Tasker, needs my couple of dollars, but I want to use Tasker, so I paid for it. Not paying for a payware app is petty theft. It's not a Class A felony, but it's still something no one should do.

[KurtPattinson]

Some 3-party websites get their benefit through advertisements and probably i think the user's rasing awareness about unwanted garbage may somehow change the way 3-party operate