garyopa
01-24-2012, 12:34 AM
Banned apps could have soon a place to go!
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CyanogenMod developer plans an 'underground' Android Market complete with an approval process to weed out malicious applications.
Well this seems like an interesting idea. Koushik Dutta, developer of CyanogenMod firmware for Android, plans a "black market app store", filled with apps that will only work on rooted Android phones.
“We also need an app store for apps that are getting shut down for no good reason, other than carrier, or some random corporation doesn’t like it.”
We all know the rooted Android devices are more of less the equivalent of jailbroken iPhones. Rooted users often install CyanogenMod, a fairly clean version of Android that removes any bloatware included with the phone.
Dutta hopes a CyanogenMod app store would cater to these users while also providing some revenue, which he says would go toward hardware costs and server costs for future versions.
Looks like this could work if there's some kind of approval process to weed out malicious applications, and users would also have a more trustable source from which to get restricted apps!
NEWS SOURCE #1: Banned Android apps marketplace (via) TIME TechLand (http://techland.time.com/2012/01/23/banned-android-apps-may-soon-have-a-place-to-go/)
NEWS SOURCE #2: Alternative Android market to house banned apps (via) SlashDot (http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/237200/alternative-android-market-to-house-banned-apps)
Our thanks to 'Gauss' for keeping up informed of the ever-changing Android
http://www.maxconsole.com/maxconsole/contents/RKLS0000001000/icon_xl.jpg
CyanogenMod developer plans an 'underground' Android Market complete with an approval process to weed out malicious applications.
Well this seems like an interesting idea. Koushik Dutta, developer of CyanogenMod firmware for Android, plans a "black market app store", filled with apps that will only work on rooted Android phones.
“We also need an app store for apps that are getting shut down for no good reason, other than carrier, or some random corporation doesn’t like it.”
We all know the rooted Android devices are more of less the equivalent of jailbroken iPhones. Rooted users often install CyanogenMod, a fairly clean version of Android that removes any bloatware included with the phone.
Dutta hopes a CyanogenMod app store would cater to these users while also providing some revenue, which he says would go toward hardware costs and server costs for future versions.
Looks like this could work if there's some kind of approval process to weed out malicious applications, and users would also have a more trustable source from which to get restricted apps!
NEWS SOURCE #1: Banned Android apps marketplace (via) TIME TechLand (http://techland.time.com/2012/01/23/banned-android-apps-may-soon-have-a-place-to-go/)
NEWS SOURCE #2: Alternative Android market to house banned apps (via) SlashDot (http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/237200/alternative-android-market-to-house-banned-apps)
Our thanks to 'Gauss' for keeping up informed of the ever-changing Android