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Google Boots Transdroid From Android Market

Posted by timothy on from the some-transfer-protocols-are-eeeevil dept.

fysdt writes with a TorrentFreak story that starts: "Google has pulled one of the most popular torrent download managers from the Android Market because of policy violations. Before Google booted the application, Transdroid had been available for two years and amassed 400,000 users during that time. Thus far Google hasn't specified what the exact nature of Transdoid's violations are, but it's not unlikely that they relate to copyright infringement."

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  1. Try again.. by nurb432 · · Score: 4, Informative

    It was removed from the MARKET, not your device.

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    1. Re:Try again.. by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 3, Informative

      Sure we are. OS upgrades occasionally break compatibility with apps. If no further updates are going to be made available for the app because it's been blocked from the Market, and an OS upgrade makes the app start crashing, then that's that.

      Most Android environments do not require the Market to install apps (I say most because inevitably someone's customized Android environment will force you to use their market).

  2. Re:Pressure from the Telcos by WRX+SKy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Transdroid wasn't a BT client for phones, it allowed you to remotely manage a BT client.

    e.g. My home machine is d/l'ing torrents, and my phone can connect to my home machine (via Transdroid) to check status, start/stop torrents, etc.

    I would insert an obligatory RTFA comment... but it was in the summary ("the most popular torrent download manager") - so it's obvious you didn't even get past the subject.