On Nov 19, 2:04 pm, LambergaR <[email protected]> wrote: > There are a few things I would like to point out. First of all, I > think, that Google (or the OHA) are not there to support some lazy > developers that are not able to implement some simple web activation > mechanism. Java apps ware (and will be) subject to reverse > engineering.
> Android platform is open source, meaning that any developer can > download and modify the source code (ok, all the changes are subject > to some limitations as described in several different licence > agreements) and end users can choose to install any flavour they want > - but only if they are willing to go trough some quite technical > procedures, they loose all the OTA upgrades etc. You cant blame Google > for users hacking the system - that would be the same as blaming > inventors of the internet for all the worms and (d)dos attacks. > Next thing to keep in mind is, that there is a fair share of users > that CAN NOT buy the applications due to Android market not being > available in every country. You, as a developer should provide some > alternatives and by providing the alternative you provide a much > better licensing mechanism. Google can invest some money into better security. Or give chance other developers close this hole for them. Or show that for stolen applications they can find hacker and charge him for 10M$. :) With there resources they could do a lot, but prefer to stay calm. > What Google provides is good enough for most of the application > developers and users. Blacklisting is not helpful and might not even > be legal! Which law does it break?! -- 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
