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Originally Posted by clockcycle
a copy-protected application cannot be downloaded from Market to a device that provides root access
Am I reading this wrong or are you misinterpreting it?
Doesn't that say you can not download any app that PROVIDES root access on a device from the Marketplace or is it you can not download it to a rooted phone?
Meaning you can't just download an app like 1-Click Root from the Market.. etc?
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I personally took it as if you can't provide a secure holding space for the app, the app won't go to your phone. Rooted phones give you access to the areas that hold the apps at, if the phone is rooted you can take it and copy it to the flash card and then share it, email it, hack it, etc..
And if I am wrong, which is frequently as my wife loves to tell me, I still want the app that allows me to wipe my phone remotely which needs root access in order to make it load at startup and other apps of this sort for security reasons.
So yes, either way, I still want both of these permissions, don't claim that the phone is open and then restrict everything that's relevant to business users. To my knowledge Google hasn't given special permissions to approved developers that can force root at install so that you can do the things that I mentioned. At least Apple and Microsoft are being up front with you from the start about limitations and not deceptive like Google's starting to be.