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Android Also Comes With a Kill-Switch

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-not-very-open dept.

Aviran writes "The search giant is retaining the right to delete applications from Android handsets on a whim. Unlike Apple, the company has made no attempt to hide its intentions, and includes the details in the Android Market terms and conditions, as spotted by Computer World: 'Google may discover a product that violates the developer distribution agreement... in such an instance, Google retains the right to remotely remove those applications from your device at its sole discretion.'"

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  1. Yeah? by C_Kode · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Eat ass.

    It looks like Google wants to be Google and Apple at the same time.

  2. Google most evil company in the world by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No doubt if you compete w/ Google, they'll delete your app.

  3. Re:Only for Google App Store applications by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They do retain the right to delete applications from Android handsets on a whim. We may *expect* them to use criteria, but quite literally, they *can* do so on a whim, you FUCKING ASSHOLE.

    Your defense can be used to defend illegal wiretapping, which you no doubt are a supporter of, correct?