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Originally Posted by MichaelV
PonMan is mistaken. you do not need root to install apps on your edge. just mark accept application from untrusted sources in settings. copy e.g. astro explorer apk on your sd card. use library to browse for the file. double click!! or use ES explorer to open apk. rooting takes 5 minutes as well.
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PonMan talked not about apk installation, but about copying (hijacking) paid apk from phone... so at some point he is right, BUT...
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Originally Posted by PonMan
This is simply not true. You do require root access to copy protected apks from /data/app-private/. It might only take YOU a few minutes to root your eDGe or change your user-agent so you can download apps directly from a PC browser, congratulations.
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If YOU don't know how to copy apps from private WITHOUT root, it doesn't mean that it's impossible
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Originally Posted by PonMan
Many users are not as savvy as the people on these boards and would not understand how to get apps without either the Google Market or from us.
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lol. People learn things fast, so even if thay are not savvy, they are not so dumb.
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Originally Posted by PonMan
Um no. We were interested in our users having the ability to download and install apps; to extend the usefulness of their eDGe. Many users are not as savvy as the people on these boards and would not understand how to get apps without either the Google Market or from us. Selling them is obviously a goal, but initially as least we are just trying to meet customer needs.
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But I'm talking not about users, but about developers. There will be no good developers unless you give them an easy way to make money. Learn from Apple and their market success. Google android market is not a good example and they will use another sheme in future.
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Originally Posted by PonMan
You assume. I guess you were not into Android when the dev G1 came out and all of the application developers were screaming about how easy it was for the dev phones to steal their apps. Google even stopped selling paid apps to dev phones due to this.
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You're right I'm not into android scene, but I'm close to security scene and Google inside. So the real problem is cookie cutter programmers which doesn't know how to really protect their apps. Learn from some russian devs like NTZ whose GPS/Navigator software for android is selling for 1 year (most popular navigator in Russia and Ukraine), but there's still no crack, or other way to bypass license
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Originally Posted by PonMan
Currently our apps download directly into the download folder. This could result in users "sharing" (read: pirating by accident) paid applications they have downloaded. This would need to be changed with a market app that can download apks directly to /data/app-private/. Now, YOU might still be able to access these apps because you have rooted your eDGe. But we as a company have done our due diligence to prevent that.
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It's not right to threat users as pirates. And I think You _as company_ must do your best to attract more users and developers (how many eDGe were sold in september?
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