Google Allows Carriers To Ban Tethering Apps

iluvcapra writes "Google, in its continuing struggle to provide phone carriers (if not its end users) with an open platform, is now banning tethering apps from the Android market. These apps haven't disappeared and can still be sideloaded, insofar as your carrier doesn't lock this functionality or snoop on your packets."

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Re:Damn.

[msauve]

You're wrong. The carrier sells you what's in the contract. If they sell you "X" Gb per month for on-phone use, and 0 Gb per month tethering, then that's what you bought. If you don't agree with that, then don't agree and don't sign up. But, as long as the terms are "no tethering," and you agree, quit trying to claim it's somehow unfair. That's disingenuous, and not just because it's easier to suck bandwidth from a tethered PC than from a phone.