Google Bans Tethering App From Android Market

narramissic writes "Maybe Android and the Android Market aren't so open after all. A developer who contributed to the WiFi Tether for Root Users app reports that Google has banned the application from the Android Market. The developer writes in his blog that Google cited a section of the developer agreement that says that Google may remove applications if they violate the device maker's or the operator's terms of service. T-Mobile, the only operator to offer an Android phone, expressly forbids tethering phones to a computer. This incident raises some interesting questions, the developer notes in his blog. 'Does this mean that apps in the Market have to adhere to the ToS for only T-Mobile, even when other carriers sign on? Will all apps have to adhere to the ToS for every carrier that supports Android phones?'"

Comments

Re:No crazy restriction for Windows Mobile Apps

[Anonymous Coward]

But the phones blow goats, and so does the OS, when you get right down to it. Who wants to develop for something as uninteresting as a Windows Mobile phone?

See. Google is not your lord and savior, nerds

[Anonymous Coward]

Why do so many nerds think Google is the greatest company on Earth?

It's not like they're an open company.

Re:If only

[smallfries]

That's not my argument in the slightest. Your post claimed that customers were not technically sophisticated enough to be sold a service of cheap bandwidth in exchange for caps. I'm giving you a concrete example of exactly that market.

The rest of your reply is just complete bollocks and has no relation to any point that I made.