AU Mobile Operator Optus Blocking Paid Android Apps 102
APC Magazine details how Optus, an Australian mobile phone operator, has for months been deliberately blocking access to Android paid apps. "Optus is the exclusive Australian mobile carrier for the HTC Dream and Samsung Galaxy Android phones, and yet people who signed a long-term contract for these phones have to date been blocked from buying paid Android apps and getting the full Android experience. ... APC found many angry and frustrated comments on the Whirlpool community forums by Optus & Virgin Mobile customers." The article speculates, reading between the lines of the opaque comments offered by both Optus and Google, that the carrier is "demanding a cut of the sales revenue from Android apps if it is to remove its restriction on accessing them."
so you wanna playing that game, eh? (Score:2, Funny)
google can very easily crush Optus by blocking all access from Australia to all google services and just post a "here's why!" link.
Optus is lucky google doesnt play the evil card.
Re:This should be interesting (Score:3, Funny)
born of its original monopoly status.
That would be an interesting premise, considering that Optus was the first "new" carrier allowed to operate in Australia after the privatisation of Telecom.
Their catchphrase/tagline, by the way, is "Yes". Guess that doesn't apply to Android apps.
Re:Proxy? (Score:4, Funny)
Not only that, but we can root as much as we want without legal troubles (barring void warranties, returns etc.)