Comments on: Eff Google, Screw Android: The Backlash Begins

By: SDsc_rch

SDsc_rch — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:44:56 +0000

looking back… this didn’t turn out so bad

seems like everything worked out for the best
:)

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By: jMAT

jMAT — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:20:46 +0000

that videos clip is funny as hell

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:39:14 +0000

http://www.petitiononline.com

Also if it is illegal for me to copy my applications then why is MY Backup Pro on the App market ????

By: Be.

Be. — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:28:32 +0000

LOL. You all sound like a bunche of bitches.

“wah! im jumping ship”
“wah! iPhone, here i come”
“wah!”

Shut up. You’re pissed? Really? Now youre going to iPhone? LOL. Dump your ‘droid and go to the other side…. you’ll be crying harder by day 2.

Quit your bitching. You ain’t going anyhwere.

By: effgoogler

effgoogler — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:26:37 +0000

“eff google”
I was going to switch from the palm pre to the htc hero, but it seems like the pre is more open source than android. Thanks Google!

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Open Android Alliance Aims To Resurrect Modding | Android Phone Fans — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:17:21 +0000

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By: jfrankman

jfrankman — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:19:09 +0000

The Open Handset Alliance is a sham. It is really the Closed Handset Oligopoly. Nice job Google. You have proved you are no different than Apple and MS.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:55:36 +0000

Does this mean that the Motorola Cliq wont be able to use app market or google apps?

By: Scott White

Scott White — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:27:12 +0000

this is what happens when you are fanboyish to the point of blindless. When your eyes are opened to reality that you become jaded and maligned.

By: tom4cam

tom4cam — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:53:34 +0000

I agree with Phil. The worst part of all this is that Android was built touting FOSS all the way. The problem here is that the apps themselves are really not open. I would love to see the community-driven Android Open Market. I really hope it happens.

It’s ironic that Microsoft seems to be more open to custom Windows Mobile ROMs than Google is with Android (haven’t heard of any C&D orders for Win Mobile ROMs, anyway).

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:26:10 +0000

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

-Benjamin Franklin

I’ll be making sure to fly the Jolly Roger with pride from now on.

When you outlaw knowledge, you only ensure that only outlaws will have knowledge.

By: twrock

twrock — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:01:33 +0000

@Phil, I don’t understand this: “…lets just say the FOSS guys will have some place to go if they haven’t all jumped to Palm by then.” Why would FOSS guys jump to Palm? Palm’s locked up fairly tight from everything I can see. The same gripes people are having about Google are valid for Palm as well. Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see much “open” about Palm’s system.

That’s honest curiosity on my part, because I just don’t see it that way.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:41:50 +0000

I don’t really get the folk saying we should take a chill pill. Or I guess maybe that comes from those not really associated with the FOSS community. So let me make it plain. You don’t hedge your product on FOSS and then turn around and start screaming proprietary. The people you sought to help you will turn on you in a second. Many people dislike that Google doesn’t release its modified source of Linux and Apache. I don’t agree but many feel its wrong so Google is already in a tense relationship with the FOSS community. Android was a great step but now people are going to be ready to bail if they don’t hurry up and find a way to make Android usable as a stand alone system. Maybe they need to open up the Google apps or at least open the protocol for others to develop them. If they don’t Android is going to take a hard hit from the developer community and in case you hadn’t noticed those are the people that make the apps we love.
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So before we start claiming this uproar is just a small group of people yelling on IRC lets think a little bit. This isn’t something thats just going to go away. And as I mentioned on another article Moblin is coming along nicely. Moblin has a phone UI already. Many wanted to get Android on many devices like desktops and netbooks which would make a much larger install base and make it more attactive for developers. Moblin does this out of the box where Android ran into some problems. Moblin is 100% FOSS. So if I were Google I’d be very careful about how I handle this situation. All it would take is for a phone company or two to stick Moblin on a phone or internet tablet with phone capabilities and…..well lets just say the FOSS guys will have some place to go if they haven’t all jumped to Palm by then.

By: FisherP

FisherP — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:26:30 +0000

@frezorer – Have you thought about an iPhone; you seem to want to jump on a band-wagon after all.

I don’t think you deserve an Android phone, based on your lack of forethought. It is people like you that anger the rest of the community – think of the ‘bigger picture’ for a change.

I think this topic has had more than its fair share of the lime light.