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Android market going down the drain?
Mar 21, 2010, 04 :03 UTC (28 Talkback[s]) (6951 reads)

(Other stories by Ian MacGregor)

[ Thanks to Ian MacGregor for this link. ]

"I am on a quest to rid the android market of certain apps.

"For the past year I have seen the Android Market fill up with apps of lascivious and copyrighted content. You can search the Android Market for the following keywords and see quite a bit of content that I feel shouldn't be available to customers, and definitely not to children: nude, sex, porn, 18+, adults only, boobs, the android market seems to be turning into a porn hub. I am also seeing developers release apps which are entire books, fashion photos and videos which are surely copyrighted. These apps violate the Android Market Content Policy for Developers available here. If you're going to develop apps for a certain platform under a developer agreement, then you should adhere to that agreement or refrain from developing apps for that platform. As far as I know, there is no such agreement for uploading content to the internet. My point is, if you make a promise, keep that promise at all costs.

"I have sent email messages to T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T in an attempt to bring this to the attention of the phone carriers. I urge anyone with an android phone to file an official complaint with their carrier, there is power in numbers. If you are interested in making a polite complaint to your phone carrier, please consider using the below letter as a template:"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Mr. MacGregor is completely wrong.  The  ...   DISAGREE   
Art Cancro
Mar 21, 2010, 04:24:46
 
I can't decide if that is a parody s ...   Parody? I can't decide.   
geekd
Mar 21, 2010, 06:07:05
 
Whilst I agree that creating apps that i ...   Disagree but for slightly different reasons   
Keith
Mar 21, 2010, 07:17:32
 
I must say I was not aware there was so  ...   Wrong   
anon
Mar 21, 2010, 10:19:25
 
> Mr. MacGregor is completely wrong.  Th ...   Re: DISAGREE   
Frank Earl (aka Svartalf)
Mar 21, 2010, 11:34:11
 
I disagree with this article.  So what i ...   Don't look at it then!   
Chris
Mar 21, 2010, 12:14:20
 
One assumes Mr. MacGregor would not obje ...   Hipocrisy   
David F. Skoll
Mar 21, 2010, 13:19:49
 
Like so many in his position, Mr. MacGre ...   Typical   
wsd
Mar 21, 2010, 14:51:20
 
> One assumes Mr. MacGregor would not ob ...   Re: Hipocrisy   
Ken Jennings
Mar 21, 2010, 15:18:40
 
    When someone says a market is going  ...   Misleading title   
John
Mar 21, 2010, 15:22:27
 
"...content that I feel shouldn't be ...   Leave My Life To Me   
bjwest
Mar 21, 2010, 15:43:22
 
Now please write to your ISP asking them ...   Don't like it, don't use it.   
J.S.
Mar 21, 2010, 15:57:53
 
> ...with appropriate context of right v ...   Re: Re: Hypocrisy   
David F. Skoll
Mar 21, 2010, 17:23:47
 
So content doesn't matter? Consideri ...   re: DISAGREE/hipocrasy   
Don Whitbeck
Mar 21, 2010, 17:24:34
 
So the punishment of Pinhas was "appropr ...   Re: Re: Re: Hypocrisy   
David F. Skoll
Mar 21, 2010, 17:29:00
 
If you want to sound like an expert on t ...   re: re: re: hipocracy   
Don Whitbeck
Mar 21, 2010, 17:34:41
 
I can protect my children from those app ...   Church and morals   
Volker Hett
Mar 21, 2010, 18:40:25
 
While steadily marching to 40, I am stil ...   I think he's right.   
Rainer Weikusat
Mar 21, 2010, 20:11:28
 
>> ...with appropriate context of right  ...   Re: Re: Re: Hypocrisy   
Rainer Weikusat
Mar 21, 2010, 20:46:42
 
I'm all for studying the Bible as a  ...   Re: Hypocrisy   
David F. Skoll
Mar 21, 2010, 21:30:52
 
 LoL!  "Appropriate?"  So the punishment ...   Re: Re: Re: Hypocrisy   
C. Whitman
Mar 21, 2010, 23:24:44
 
Incidentally, the name "Pinhas" does not ...   Re: Hypocrisy   
David F. Skoll
Mar 22, 2010, 01:25:52
 
This is one of the main reasons Android  ...   Android needs to be more like iPhone.   
MikeFM
Mar 22, 2010, 08:25:36
 
> That is true of the Tanach (Jewish par ...   Re: Re: Hypocrisy   
Billy-Joe Ray-Bob
Mar 22, 2010, 13:02:59
 
I'll give it to the guy for wanting  ...   What a joke   
RJakiel
Mar 22, 2010, 13:04:20
 
> So content doesn't matter? Conside ...   Re: re: DISAGREE/hipocrasy   
RJakiel
Mar 22, 2010, 13:17:10
 
Your title says it all.  Android needs t ...   What!?   
RJakiel
Mar 22, 2010, 13:26:15
 
If he'd said he opposes porn because ...   Wrapping up   
David F. Skoll
Mar 22, 2010, 16:32:27
 
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