G1 News

Google has begun to swing the banhammer around their non-walled garden of Android Market, sending tethering apps for the T-Mobile G1 like WiFi Tether For Root Users flying out in the process…

Apparently, these applications which sharing the cellular data connection via USB or WiFi to another gadget, usually a PC or lappy, contravene the networks’ Terms of Service…

According to them, via disgrunted dev of the above app:

“Google enters into distribution agreements with device manufacturers and Authorized Carriers to place the Market software client application for the Market on Devices. These distribution agreements may require the involuntary removal of Products in violation of the Device manufacturer’s or Authorized Carrier’s terms of service.”

Sounds a lot like T-Mobile started voicing their discontent at all of these apps allowing people to get data on the cheap using tethering… So just how open is the Market? The answer seems to be as open as the networks and manufacturers deem it to be. This wouldn’t be a problem if they weren’t signing from the rooftops how much a Utopia it was for developers to work in as opposed to Apple’s Orwellian nightmare of rules and regulations.

Seems like the walls around the Android Market are just a little more padded than those of the App Store, but electrified nonetheless…

Source: Android Community