Android Market Blocking Rooted Devices?

I dont get all the complaining. You have a rooted device nothing is stopping you from jacking the content and redistributing it.

Google FINALLY does something to protect the content on their devices and people freak out.

All the rooters out there that didnt see this shit coming make me laugh. They are going to get stricter and stricter on rooting, only an idiot would think the glory days of free rooting your phones would last forever.
 
Disposed said:
I dont get all the complaining. You have a rooted device nothing is stopping you from jacking the content and redistributing it.

Google FINALLY does something to protect the content on their devices and people freak out.

All the rooters out there that didnt see this shit coming make me laugh. They are going to get stricter and stricter on rooting, only an idiot would think the glory days of free rooting your phones would last forever.
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That excuse only makes sense if you actually want to jack a streamed tiny version of the movie and redistribute. That's not even worth it when the DVD/Blu-Ray is already readily available so you can encode down to phone size and get better quality.

The complaining comes because not all rooters are out there to steal shit. Do I understand why Google did it? Absolutely. Am I mad? Nope, not one bit. Frankly I don't give a shit. I'll just patiently watch XDA and wait for a fix.
 
Vermillion said:
That excuse only makes sense if you actually want to jack a streamed tiny version of the movie and redistribute. That's not even worth it when the DVD/Blu-Ray is already readily available so you can encode down to phone size and get better quality.
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That reasoning only makes sense in a magical world where people wouldn't steal that stream. As long as theres someone who wants it (Which there obviously is considering how popular this is) there will be someone stealing it. Its easy to say "why would anyone want this tiny shitty stream when better is available" but the reality is A LOT DO. Head to your local torrent site and search for iphone rips. There are a TON of people illegally downloading shitty small rips for their phones instead of full DVD/Blu ray rips.

Might want to recheck that reasoning because its obviously flawed. The amount of people willing to encode a dvd/blu ray rip to their phone is practically nothing. If you are going to steal it to begin with why spend the time ripping it when people are already doing it for you?

Will this stop the thieves? Hell, no. But its about fucking time google did SOMETHING to protect the content on android.
 
ianken said:
What does this have to do with netflix? I run it on my rooted n1. Getting a device to run netflix is easy, root it and edit build.prop. It's been covered on every android blog out there.
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I will repeat what I said.

I am running Netflix on my Epic 4G.. This means I had to do this to get it to work. Well aware of what needs to be done.

It's the fact I have to do that just to get something I want when there's no good reason for it. Its not like its locking down features in the OS that require root. Its the fact that I am willing to be a paying consumer and I'm being told no just because I don't own the right phone despite being on the same platform. It's not like it's an app geared towards specific models with specific hardware profiles, like Voodoo Control.

What it is is bullshit. Samsung has built in DRM as an app that runs in the background for most if not all Galaxy S phones. Why is that not enough if a DRM scheme is required? Its certainly not removable.

I want to have legitimate services where I pay money for it at a price I am willing to pay. Netflix and the bullshit in this article is basically saying content makers want me to acquire my movie viewing on my phone for free at my discretion. It doesn't make sense. Bitch about piracy, then tell me you don't want my money? Fine. I can spend it elsewhere.
 
"Do no evil"? :rolleyes:

I guess google decided "f#@k that, we're here for profit and to hell with the dumb idea of having moral values..."

I can't stand not having my fascinate rooted. It was un-rooted for a few days after the 2.2 OTA update and that was PAINFUL, let me tell you.
 
Disposed said:
..All the rooters out there that didnt see this shit coming make me laugh. They are going to get stricter and stricter on rooting, only an idiot would think the glory days of free rooting your phones would last forever.
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"Didn't see this shit coming?"

How about couldn't possibly stand all the BS that one has to put up with if one's phone is not rooted? If I had to go back to "un rooted" I might just stop having a cell phone. I'm sick of not being able to do what I want with things that I PAY FOR. I'm sick of "licensing" instead of "buying" and I'm sick of companies feeling like they get to decide every little god damned detail of how my service is going to work, what I can do, when, what additional services that I DON'T WANT that I have to pay for anyway and having MY phone bloated down with bullshit pay-apps that I DON'T WANT.

I liked Android. That might be changing now, we'll see...
 
gibber said:
"Didn't see this shit coming?"

How about couldn't possibly stand all the BS that one has to put up with if one's phone is not rooted? If I had to go back to "un rooted" I might just stop having a cell phone. I'm sick of not being able to do what I want with things that I PAY FOR. I'm sick of "licensing" instead of "buying" and I'm sick of companies feeling like they get to decide every little god damned detail of how my service is going to work, what I can do, when, what additional services that I DON'T WANT that I have to pay for anyway and having MY phone bloated down with bullshit pay-apps that I DON'T WANT.

I liked Android. That might be changing now, we'll see...
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This is exactly why i left android, the whole illusion of "openness" is about to be shattered. If im going to be stuck with a locked platform i want to be stuck with one i actually enjoy using.

In a perfect world things would work like you and i want but reality is they dont and never will.
 
Regarding the following "dangerous security flaw" : any version of Android prior to 2.3.3, a potential troublemaker can intercept and read your Google Calendar and Contacts on any open Wifi network, and a truly dedicated one can impersonate you at Google.

This has already been corrected server-side by Google. it was fixed last week by Google. Stop spreading misinformation. Worst "news" reporting ever.
 
nobody_here said:
its removable
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You can stop it by going into Settings, yes. But it cannot be removed. I don't think the guys over at XDA would be removing all the Samsung and Sprint bloat for the Epic along with Carrier IQ but for some reason don't remove the DRM crap that has only proven itself to just run the battery down when not in use for its intended purpose.

I've tried removing it with that one app that removes Samsung crap. Sure. It was gone. So was having a fully functional phone that wouldn't lock up. It still remains even in custom ROMs for a reason, at least for the Epic.
 
Why would anybody capable of rooting their android want defective media anyway?
 
Didn't read the arguments happening in the thread...anyways...hey, rooting is as easily undone as it is done. Want something THAT bad from the app market that you can't get online? Well then, temporarily undo your root access.
 
Warriorprophet said:
Luckily Samsung doesn't care and their media hub has WAY more TV/Movies than android market, so, this is a non-issue...if you bought the right android.
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Wonderful thing about Android is that it pretty much doesn't matter which one you've bought. The (more) open nature of the OS and hardware makes it easier to get things supported if for some reason they're not. They're still finding ways to get 2.2+ Android Stock Roms on the original G1 phone, for fuck's sake!
 
SamuraiInBlack said:
You can stop it by going into Settings, yes. But it cannot be removed.
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It doesn't even exist in the Virgin Mobile Samsung phone, proving it was pretty much up to the providers themselves. Wholly deodexed and nothing was found.
 
techrat said:
It doesn't even exist in the Virgin Mobile Samsung phone, proving it was pretty much up to the providers themselves. Wholly deodexed and nothing was found.
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Its a completely different model phone from a different line entirely. It may resemble the epic but its just a moment in epic clothing. IIRC its on all the galaxy S and above phones.
 
Dekoth-E- said:
Sad day..

Looks like we are starting to see the "open" of android further erode.
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Well Google finally sees why Linux does not pan out for the desktop. I mean, there isn't even a legit DVD codec for Linux because the Open Source nerds behind Linux do not believe in DRM.

If Android wants to have any partners they have figured they need to play by the rules of those partners. This is why I have an iPhone. Apple this, Apple that. Guess what? It works and that is all I and 95% of people care about. Oh yeah, I can rent movies too.
 
Disposed said:
Its a completely different model phone from a different line entirely. It may resemble the epic but its just a moment in epic clothing. IIRC its on all the galaxy S and above phones.
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Yes. A co-worker's Vibrant has it as well.
 
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