IPhone app Developer?

Hello.
I just spend almost 2 days considering purchase of iPhone SDK, and wanted to become a developer...then... a friend of mine just sent me a link to a web site with thousands and thousands hacked app's for iPhone, supposed to be selling for some amount on app store. I was able to download each app for free!!!!!!!
Why did I spend my time considering a serious dedicated work?...when people are naturally "redirected" to web sites like these mentioned above?
Can really Apple do nothing about this issue, or further .....how is Apple expecting to increase interest in / and sell SDK for iPhone when people working with it, will never sell their hard work, at least in quantity they estimated at first place?

All 3rd party apps via the iTunes app store include DRM protection.
There will also be a hacker who comes up with a way to bypass DRM protection - not much different from someone who purchases software that includes a single user license to be installed on a single computer only and installs the software on multiple computers, and/or installs the software on a friend's computer also, or provides a copy via a file sharing service - just as is done with music.
The overwhelming majority of people will purchase/download 3rd party software legitimately via the iTunes app store. When people download software from an Illegitimate source, they risk all sorts of things and when a problem arises when doing so, they get what they deserve.

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