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This is ridiculous!
By JackBurton on 6/25/2010 10:55:00 AM , Rating: 2
This is ridiculous and a blatant abuse of power on Apple's part. Steve Jobs is just a control freak and Apple fanboys just keep supporting Apple not matter what they do. I guess that's why they call them fanboys.

Oh wait, this isn't about the iPhone? Never mind then.

RE: This is ridiculous!
By Iaiken on 6/25/2010 11:24:15 AM , Rating: 3
This is required at some level for Google to protect itself in the overly aggressive copyrighted world we live in.

Google has positioned itself to be able to adhere to copyright law. This allows them to not only cease the deployment of copyrighted material, but allows them to essentially claw back those materials that have been distributed in violation of copyright.

Further, they are able to remove apps that pose a security threat to their users. Those which misrepresent themselves or would offend their customers (think obscene media masquerading as a game or viruses that try to steal all your personal data).

The most important part of this is the level of transparency with which Google conducts this messy business.

It is unfortunate, but with such an open platform, there still must be some limits. As these phones become more capable, you WILL see things like apps that get hijacked and replaced with data farmers, or mobile porn file servers or any number of things that people haven't even thought up yet.

These phones are consumer electronics and the consumer expects them to be like the other consumer electronics in their life. They expect them to just work, without them having to mess around with it, force-kill apps, uninstall viruses or blank it and restore it to the vendors default. Why? Because John Q. Yokel doesn't have a f%^$ing clue in his head how to do any of that.

RE: This is ridiculous!
By Lazarus Dark on 6/25/2010 7:49:06 PM , Rating: 2
I'm thinking this is all good for apps on the Android Market. But if I understand correctly, you can still install apps that aren't on the Market, right? So, Google only controls the Android Market, that is thiers and they SHOULD take responsibility for those apps. But you should still be able to install any other apps you want, so there is no restriction on you doing what you want with the phone. I am typically a hyper-paranoid, but I am okay with Googles stance on this.


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