Ludicrous relative to what? To other mobile markets? No. In fact, as one whose whole business is mobile since 2000 I can tell you that while I don't agree with all of it, its far better than almost all the other mobile app stores.When you say "tested" I'm guessing you're talking about Apple's ludicrous policies on app submission.
Apple does do QA testing - not full multi-week testing, but enough to uncover many common bugs.
While I like aspects of Google's marketplace, its not the panacea you're assuming it is. Apple's store is still better.I'm also guessing you believe the lack thereof will result in buggy applications. Somewhat true, but I'll take it over Apple's app store any day. At least the consumer will have the option, and developers will not be hindered by a ridiculous submission process. (GV, remember?)
"3. Android phones will hardly ever be able to be updated to a new OS release."
Source or I call BS on this.
OK I can give you my perspective on this. Android phones can be hacked, much like WinMobile phones can be, with new ROMs. But the fact is that Android is shipped to the customer much like WinMo is which means its up to the carrier to provide the upgrades - not Google. So unlike the iPhone where Apple controls the updates on Android it'll be up to Verizon, TMobile, etc... to ship updates to their phones. Experience shows that this happens less than 1% of the time.
So for the average consumer yes, #3 is probably going to be true.