Well done, I was planning on getting a G1 on Wednesday with the hopes of putting Cyanogen on it, but because of this, I'm afraid I can no longer support you as a company and as such, I will now get a Samsung OMNIA with Windows Mobile, I shall also add all google ad services to my adblock list, use Microsofts Bing and at soonest possible chance, change my email address to a different service.
If there was some sense in your actions regarding Cyanogen, I would just say "Fair enough" and move on, but there is none, firstly, you say "This is open source", then you wait a year after it was released, then shut the main ROM maker down, because some free to access (Emphasis on free) services are bundled with it, this isn't hurting your bottom line at all, I can access gmail for free on anything with a web browser, even the not "With Google" devices that have a browser (Such as my current Moto V3xx), yet I don't see you having a script to make sure the request is coming from Windows, Linux, Android OS, etc, these actions really give off a vibe that you're just annoyed that this single man is able to code better and faster than your entire Android Dev Team and you don't want to compete. If you really wanted this to stop for any other reason, you could of patched the bug that lets us root the phone, but you never did, unlike Sony with the Playstation Portable, people have been releasing custom firmware since day 1 on that, Sony didn't like it, but never sent a C&D because they knew most of the market share for it was people who wanted to flash it, they patched the firmware instead again and again to stop it, but never truely tried to stop it completely, if you don't like these custom ROMs, then patch the bug, don't send a C&D to the maker for helping your comunity. In short, you've lost me as a potential customer for now, at least until you let Cyanogen and other ROM hackers continue their work unabridged. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
