Android Market to allow carriers to veto apps

October 3rd, 2008 Posted in mobile

According to the GSMA Mobile briefing today, carriers can veto apps in the Android Market.

“T-Mobile said it would retain the power to veto any applications submitted to the Android developer store - known currently as ‘Android Market’ - in a similar manner to Apple’s policy on its rival App Store.”

Wow, that’s big if its true. Carriers are fiercely defensive, more so than Apple. If carriers can veto VOIP apps and music stores other than their own then the Android market is no better than the Apple App Store and could be a lot worse.

Please say it isn’t so.

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