$400 Unlocked Developer G1 Banned From Accessing Paid Apps [Android]

Posted by vaksel on Friday February 27, 2009 @09:36AM
from the styrofoamsmiles.com dept.

http://styrofoamsmiles.com/blog/2009/02/unlocked-developer-g1-banned-from-accessing-paid-apps-android-2/

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Re:$400 Unlocked Developer G1 Banned From Accessing Paid App... by apage43 on Friday February 27, 2009 @03:41PM (#497635)

Wow. I've been trying to justify buying a dev G1 for a while now and this -seriously- isn't helping.

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Re:$400 Unlocked Developer G1 Banned From Accessing Paid App... by dmv on Friday February 27, 2009 @06:52PM (#497812)

Another case study for security by obscurity. A crypto-DRM system would not necessarily make a developer's life easier, and would probably be of limited value (and more CPU expense).

As a potential dev, I applauded the unlocked dev phone offer. But being unable to download paid apps dramatically reduces the utility especially for a small-shop, not yet Android committed dev. If hidden folders was the "launch-ready" store solution, it may be a while before this is corrected.

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