Very good analogy! There are other examples of things, like the BBC streams a lot of programing but not to the US. They will not let us see any TV on the website. I think the cable and satellite providers (like the situation with cell phone service providers) got to them somehow. Beth Koenig [email protected] Director of Deaf Blind Services Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center 2960 Main Street A100 Irvine, CA 92614 http://www.deafadvocacy.org/dbs Health, safety, and productivity are the cornerstones of independence. At the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center we provide the training and services necessary for the deaf and disabled to achieve equality and independence in all areas of life.
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Jon Colverson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 7, 8:45 am, al74 <[email protected]> wrote: >> Limiting paid apps to geographic location or specific provider is >> stupid, reduces developer potential income and limits the success of >> this platform. > > I agree wholeheartedly, but Google's hands are tied by the fact that > the networks insist on taking their cut on app purchases. > > The networks have a silly amount of power over what goes into phones, > purely because they are the ones who sell them to the vast majority of > users (via bizarrely obfuscated credit agreements known as "service > plans"). Imagine if your broadband provider gave you a "free" computer > when you signed up and then crippled your access to it and took a cut > of all the things you bought online. Yuck! > > -- > Jon > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
