It’s not a wide user base getting screwed by this (after all, Android 3.1 is only available on the Xoom and Android Market movie rentals aren’t yet available on Android 2.2+ devices) but it’s a user base that is rooting phones to get more out of their devices and very likely the people who love the freedom that comes with Android. Screwing them is silly, especially since they’ll eventually find a workaround anyway. [Android Market Support via Android Central]
Chris C
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 9:24 AM“I guess Google thinks people who use rooted phones are pirates who steal movies.”
That’s you making that association, not anybody at Google.
“due to requirements related to copyright protection”.
You’d hope common sense would prevail here and think that the creators would be enforcing copyright procedure, not Google.
Poor article.
Des
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 10:43 AM“I guess Google thinks people who use rooted phones are pirates who steal movies.”
Quit with the anti-Google vendetta already.
Peter
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 12:22 PMI don’t know, I would expect Google might have a problem with rooted phones, how can they control the experience after all? But getting down to it, it’s probably something that’s been foisted upon them by the license holder of the content. Google just want to know you after all.
DoctorOwl
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 4:20 PMGoogle = Open!
Lakshan
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 4:37 PMCouldn’t it be that on a non-rooted phone it is easier for Google to control content and stop it being misused, and record companies might have insisted on this before any deal was made/threatened to sue Google to oblivion if say an app came out which allowed permanent storage of rented films?
mogwai
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 8:15 PMthis is what sony did and look where it got them. Your not going to allow users with hacked devices to use your product and all its features in the way they want, well they’ll hack your systems or DRM to do it anyway. Way to go, pissing off the people that who are most likley to turn around and hack your shit.