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Android's Uncurated App Marketplace Draws Criticism, Google Activates 'Kill Switch' on Two Apps
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No, it doesn't make it more secure than other app stores. It all depends on the weakest link of any security system, the humans.
People expect Apple to actually test to make sure the app is what the developer say it is. People can't expect the same from the Android marketplace, they have to take a leap of faith on each application they download from the marketplace. It's practically the same as if they were downloading any applications on any OS including Mac OS X. They expect the applications on the downloads page of Apple.com site to be legit but they shouldn't expect the same for applications elsewhere.
Apple has made the iPhone more secure by not giving humans access to malicious apps.
This is INACCURATE. I'm tired of people claiming that Apple has a kill switch. They do not, and they are not able to remotely remove apps from people's phones. What they ARE able to do is individually block apps from being allowed to use CoreLocation remotely. That's all.
I’m with you, this is the exact reason I love apple products and will never go back to windows and one more reason Android will never be the quality that the App store is!
The government has made your life more secure by not giving humans access to marijuana and trans-fats in certain areas.
And what search engine doesn't save our queries?
Let's shine the spotlight on Apple. They have a complete history of every song and app I've ever bought from iTunes or the App store, which I don't mind, I just wish I were allowed to download my items more than once, as I've already had one of my Macs fail on me.
Yes, I'm sure it's all ouf of the goodness of their heart, even though I did refer to them as EVIL, but in light of Apple's current communistic actions, Google isn't the greater of evils in this case.
And just so you know, Google only allows access to books that are out of copyright, or are allowed via the owner's permission. Why didn't you know this? Oh, it's more HATE for you to fester on I suppose.
And give you a break. Hey, that doesn't fall on me. Maybe you should ask Apple for their written permission instead.
I'll take a consistent ecosystem, a superior API and language [sorry, but Java is the unwanted child of C++ and ObjectiveC] and higher quality artists/UI designers under Apple's ecosystem, every day of the week.
Until Android shows me some amazing apps that do not exist on Apple's Appstore BECAUSE of regulation- this whole argument over what's better (open vs regulated) is moot. I mean sure it's more open, but are you truly getting anything more for that yet?
He was asking about security specifically, the review process does not make the app store more secure than another application store that depends on permission model. Just because users can give permission does not make the phone less secure.
Look at Mac OS X, there's no review app store but with the ACL (permissions, access control list), it's far more "secure" than XP due to ACL system. If MS was doing the app store for XP with no chances for users to get it elsewhere, it'll be just as secure as Mac OS X, and that's just what they have done with Vista/W7 with the UAC.
An uncurated App market is lack of the basic mechanism to thrive, not to mention to compare it with a curated app market. It is like to ask which one of the two societies you want to live in, the one that gives everyone total freedom not having any cop watch for crimes, or the one that does have multiple laws to restrict crimes to make most law-abiding citizens happy? The first one, I call it chaos; the second is democracy.
yes i'm getting flash, divx player, google navigation and google voice on my phone =)
Original what? He clearly doesn't know there are quality apps in the Android Market.
Ya, let me know when they have something better and or not on the App store
I like knowing Apple screens the apps!!!
They do. You can download apps as many times as you want on multiple devices. For music/movies Apple support can give you a couple re-downloads but at some point they figure if you can't be bothered to backup your own data then they can't be bothered to do it for you either. I imagine this is some restriction of the content providers. For example if you go buy a BluRay and lose it you can't go back to the store and get a new copy for free.
I wasn't. I was pointing out to the poster I responded to that HTML5 apps can't do as much as native apps.
Oh please, put a sock in it. Another clueless techtard who thinks everything should be free. You have no idea what you are talking about. For the average user, they have no clue about these things, nor do they want to. They want their systems to work flawlessly every time without having to worry about it. They want ease of use and security in a full featured and functional device, not a technical masters degree. THIS is why Apple is soooo successful and such a great company with great products.
Yes! Someone who actually knows how to use an Android phone. I use many of these same apps, myself. What about downloading a song or video directly to your device from your favorite music site? Priceless.
I love my Android.