On Oct 22, 11:14 am, tomgibara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Android requires three (extrinsic) things: users, carriers and > developers. Any particular feature/restriction may be independently > regarded as good or bad by the members of these three groups. > > Seeing particular security related restrictions only within the narrow > context of what suits developers and some users, ignores the > importance of carriers in cementing Android as a widely deployed > mobile platform.
Also it is very important to keep in mind that it ignores the importance of -most- users as well. All through the design of Android, we have had to ask over and over again how open we can make things for developers while at the same time protecting users who can't and shouldn't need to care much about how to keep their phone secure. For example, this is the incentive behind requiring that the user explicitly enable side-loading of applications before they can download things directly from a web page. We have ideas for how to improve many of these things in the future, but what is in 1.0 is what we had time to do and what we though were the best overall choices for all involved. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
