[LINK] Google Moves to Take Back Android

Tom Koltai tomk at unwired.com.au
Mon May 23 18:59:38 AEST 2011


Many around the world believe that Larry Page invented the Page rank
reference model for Google search.
Most also believe that Google left China because of Filtering concerns. 

Both of these groups would be wrong in their beliefs.

However, after losing first mover advantage in China to Chinese phone
manufacturers via Baidu search screen on the front of millions of new
Chinese manufactured phones [every week], Google has fought back!!! 



Quote/ [From:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/22/google.deliberately.block.
movies.on.rooted.devices/]
Google Movies blocked on rooted Android devices
updated 06:35 am EDT, Sun May 22, 2011
Google deliberately block Movies on rooted devices 

Google has angered members of the Android community by blocking its
Google Movies service on rooted Android devices. Users who have rooted
their device and installed a custom ROM are greeted with an error
message that reads, "Failed to fetch license for [movie title] (error
49)." Google Support is advising that the block is a deliberate move on
its part as "Rooted devices are currently unsupported due to
requirements related to copyright protection."

The move is seen as somewhat ironic for a platform that labels itself as
"open." By contrast, users of jailbroken iPhones can download iTunes
movies and mobile users of Netflix continue to be able to play copyright
content on their devices. Users of the Motorola Xoom running Android 3.1
currently have access to the service, as long as their device has not
been rooted. 

When the service rolls out to users of Android 2.2 devices over the
coming weeks, users who have rooted their Android 2.2 (or higher) mobile
phones and tablets will not be able to access the service. It will only
be open to users running OEM versions of the Android operating system.

While Google is currently saying that is the restriction is in place for
copyrighted reasons, another possible explanation is that it has been
put in place in order to help reduce instances of Android OS
fragmentation. Android OS fragmentation has been an increasingly serious
issue for developers who are finding it difficult to provide
applications that will work across the Android platform. [Android
Central]
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There, take that Chinese phone cloners...
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