The situation with phone DRM is terrible. Phone that we buy actually belongs to the operator. It betrades our interests for the operator profit. In addition to your example of applications copy protection, I can give few others.
For example, there is no justification for the price of an SMS. Data wise it's equal to less than a second of the conversation, yet it costs unproportionally more. Another one: the phone always tracks its Cell ID. But it's impossible to develop an application which will access this data for the benefit of the owner, for example reminds you something when you return home. This http://www.psiloc.com/index.html?action=ShowArticl eItem&ida=154 should be possible on all phones. But not occasionally, it's impossible to read Cell ID in java. Another example can be the strange (but very useful for operators) difference in WAP and TCPIP price. Here in Israel, there is a GPRS plan which includes unlimited WAP and only 5MB of TCPIP traffic. It's because of the closed platform nobody can tunnel all traffic through the WAP. Imagine if ISP would set different prices for the web and for the email access.
I wish the best luck to any effort to stop this nonsense. Cellular operators should not make the most of their profit from giving us back what was possible from the beginning.
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The situation with phone DRM is terrible. Phone that we buy actually belongs to the operator. It betrades our interests for the operator profit. In addition to your example of applications copy protection, I can give few others.
l eItem&ida=154 should be possible on all phones. But not occasionally, it's impossible to read Cell ID in java. Another example can be the strange (but very useful for operators) difference in WAP and TCPIP price. Here in Israel, there is a GPRS plan which includes unlimited WAP and only 5MB of TCPIP traffic. It's because of the closed platform nobody can tunnel all traffic through the WAP. Imagine if ISP would set different prices for the web and for the email access.
For example, there is no justification for the price of an SMS. Data wise it's equal to less than a second of the conversation, yet it costs unproportionally more. Another one: the phone always tracks its Cell ID. But it's impossible to develop an application which will access this data for the benefit of the owner, for example reminds you something when you return home. This http://www.psiloc.com/index.html?action=ShowArtic
I wish the best luck to any effort to stop this nonsense. Cellular operators should not make the most of their profit from giving us back what was possible from the beginning.
welcome our two-headed overlords!