Market doesn't stop downloading of applications to devices that don't support copy protection because users with a rooted US G1 firmware are allowed to download the apps (see http://strazzere.com/blog/?p=185).
I'm going to play devils advocate here because I can see where many of the posters are coming from; If what's been deployed is a response to developers asking for copy protection and forward locking why was a scheme implemented that couldn't be used on devices which had been sold months before the system was rolled out? JBQ said it was a time constraint, some will say it's because Google assumed that ADP1 users would the extra facilities to crack the copy protection,. My personal view is that it's a side effect of project management and QA failures on the project which have resulted in the deployment of a solution which neither meets developers needs nor does it vastly increase the effort needed to copy and run applications on another device. Al. Dianne Hackborn wrote: > The whole premise of this discussion is wrong. What has happened is: > > 1. The developer asked for their application to be copy protected with > forward locking. > 2. The user is running a phone that is unlocked, so can not do that > kind of copy protection. > 3. The Market does not allow the user to download the app, because > their phone does not support a feature the developer has requested. > > It has nothing to do with assuming anyone is a pirate, it has to do > with doing what the developer has asked. > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Disconnect <dc.disconn...@gmail.com > <mailto:dc.disconn...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I meant to reply earlier, didn't get a chance. > > Something you may (or may not) find amusing. So far, google has > only assumed their OWN EMPLOYEES are thieves. (Yes, they've said > the same restrictions are in the unreleased adp1.1 image, but > since its unreleased that could still change..) > > There is NO image for the adp1 that allows paid OR protected apps > (including free-protected and paid-unprotected). The holiday image > is for google employees only, on the phones they received instead > of a bonus last year. So..yeah. Google has acted to indicate that > they believe, given the chance, their employees will steal > applications. (Funny, and kinda sad. Although they'd be getting > just as much of a roasting if they had gone the other way with it.) > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Eric Veenendaal > <e...@ericveenendaal.com <mailto:e...@ericveenendaal.com>> wrote: > > > I just wanted to start a thread expressing my displeasure with the > choice to block copy-protected apps from being made available to > ADPs. The thing that drew me to the android platform was the fact > that it had such a lower barrier to entry. I can't afford to > have two > phone plans going. The idea of investing $425 to allow me to > have one > device to both develop for and use for my day to day life was very > attractive. However, Google's recent assumption that > developers will > pirate drm'd software simply because they can is ridiculous. If > someone wanted to pirate software, they'd simply open a t-mobile > account, unlock the phone, and save $300+. I hope Google > reconsiders. > > > > > > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com <mailto:hack...@android.com> > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > > -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
