Recently, Google decided they didn’t want 2 programs to run off their Android phones. What did they do? They remotely removed them off the phones. Technically, that means that while the phones were being used by customers, Google zapped the 2 apps, and they were gone! Something seems ethically wrong with this, wouldn’t you think?
If you buy a phone, wouldn’t you want all of the apps to be present and accounted for all the time? What if you were working off a mobile word doc and then the next day when you went to access the program, poof, it was gone. Okay, maybe I’m over-reacting here a tad being that the programs were just proof-of-concept designed to prevent a possible attack on the security of the phone. They were removed by Google using the Remote Application Feature since the apps violated Android policies and misrepresented their purpose. Not too sure what that means.
One app was called Rootstrap that just printed “Hellow World” when launched. The other app was disguised as a Twilight Saga movie preview. There were under 500 total of each on the purchased Androids. When pressed for more info, Google said the Android policy is to not create an app that is misleading. So, that’s why the apps were removed. I don’t know about you, but that’s seems Big Brother-like to me and is kind of scary. No tech support needed here folks, Google has already provided the computer support for you by removing the apps remotely.
