I have, in fact, changed phones. "My downloads" is stored on the server. Protected storage on SD is a reasonable place for paid apps (encrypted is an important word! Thats why i used it.) Any time you have to say "well this seems like absolutely the worst thing they could do" chances are very good you have misunderstood something.
But didn't you end by saying you were leaving the platform? The line for iphones forms to the left, no pushing, have fun, ttyl. On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:48 PM, James Clements <[email protected]>wrote: > Lets go point by point to what you say are a *ton* of "*Mostly-Wrong*" > *Assumptions > *: > > 1.) > > ..yes? Just like every free app. Go to "my downloads" in market. > >>> You have not lost your phone or had it stolen ... if you are working > with > your original phone and original gmail account ... then a restore to the > same phone is OK .... That is not the case if " phone is > damaged/lost/stolen " 2.) > ...how does that follow? The encrypted-loopback device would work just as > well for commercial apps as non. Nice try though, it is ALMOST reasonable if > you close your eyes, refuse to do any research, and hum you country's > national anthem really loud.. > >>> Since Google is storing the paid apps in a private-locked directory > ...their intent is to prevent the apps from being copied ... just like they > root is locked to prevent changes... So It > doesn't take convoluted reasoning to know that they would not place > these apps on the SDCard ... and have place them in protected memory in the > /Data directory and not onto the SDCard... Maybe you dont get "the Backup > of apps not being possible under the current configuration" unless you have > a rooted phone ... which the masses of phone owners DONT!! > 3.) > ...That might be a hint that you are wrong, then. > >>> this reasoning doesn't even need any defense because you have not > made a statement that changes the Statement premise ... " For me this is a > serious limit ...." this is neither an "assumption" nor "Mostly-Wrong" ... > 4.) > >>>> " *IF* this ...." > >>> you didn't make any viable point as to how this was "mostly-wrong" > or even an "assumption" > > So None of your points have merit nor do they indicate that I have made > "wrong-Assumptions" > Your opinions are just that ...Opinions ... In Items 1.) & 2.) above, you > have not given any > facts that refute my points as being false ... or just merely opinions > ...since what I > stated is the current state of affairs with this platform regarding memory > and backups.. > > Items 3 & 4 are mute because both are what my intentions and feelings > are... and therefore > are not even Assumptions in the first place .... > > Thanks for your input though... > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Disconnect <[email protected]>wrote: > >> You are making a ton of mostly-wrong assumptions. But sure, it makes a >> better "story" that way... >> >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:28 AM, justjimjpc <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> So are we to assume that Google is maintaining these special folders >>> in the "cloud" somewhere so they can be reinstalled in the event your >>> phone is damaged/lost/stolen ... ??? >>> >> >> ..yes? Just like every free app. Go to "my downloads" in market. >> >> >>> This would also go to indicate that Google will NEVER allow these apps >>> to be installed and run from the SDCard... (for a non-rooted >>> phone) ... >>> >> >> ..how does that follow? The encrypted-loopback device would work just as >> well for commercial apps as non. Nice try though, it is ALMOST reasonable if >> you close your eyes, refuse to do any research, and hum you country's >> national anthem really loud.. >> >> >>> >>> For me this is serious limit to the future value of the G1... It makes >>> no sense to fatally limit/cripple the phone to this degree. >>> >> >> That might be a hint that you are wrong, then. >> >> *IF* this does turn out to be the case then it will finish my brief >>> affair with Android. I like the platform but the current handsets do >>> not have enough internal storage to be considered a practical device >>> for applications that in all eventuality will become more space >>> demanding. >>> >> >> OK bye now, have a nice one. >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
