Hero by HTC

I was thinking that the problem was the copy protection.  But this morning, I KNEW that the copy protection was the problem when the only two applications that Astro would not backup was the paid applications My Backup Pro and Documents To Go.  Those two applications are the ones that are not in my download list and in the Android Market.

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I just fixed my problem. Hate to say it but I found a website that has all the apps I could ever want, but thankfully I'm honest and I downloaded and installed only the apps that I've already paid for.

Hey what can I say? I was backed into a corner and my money was farked with. You don't fark with my money or you'll get burned. Done.

koxx, the developer of Pure Calendar, confirmed that this was the issue days ago (that only protected apps were the ones not showing) and that he as the developer, is not able to change this once it's been set:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=545097&page=93

So no help there I guess. :/

I believe this is a much worse issue than this appears on the surface. This is not about our minute update, this is about having software that is exclusive to one carrier or device. T-mobile wants sherpa and imeem only available on their devices so they had the developers take it off the android market and made it only available to their users(confirmed by Buddy at Geodelic). I suspect that they(All the carriers/Google/HTC) are all aware of this but don't want the general public to know this, because Android is supposed to be an open platform. That was it's BIG selling point. I am very concerned because their is no real  accountability here. Carriers are saying it's google's or HTC's fault and vice versa.  Any thoughts or viewpoints on this matter?

OMG, DEJAVUE!!!

Is it me, or are things beginning to sound a lot like what we experienced on the Instinct!!!  Copy Protection, Corporate Finger Pointing.  What's next?  Probably even more corporations not wanting to support the Android Market like Gamesloft.  According to Gamesloft, they say its due to a weaknesses of Android's application store (aka the Market).  Ref: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5AJ1EU20091120

No, this is not worse than it seems on the surface.  The platform is open source, that doesn't mean tha the applications developed by an individual or company are open.  No different than Google issuing the takedown notice to Cyanogen for including their proprietary applications with his custom ROM builds.  Google was/is fine with Cyanogen customizing the ROMs and making them available, he simply can not include Google's proprietary code with his ROM builds.

If a company can make more money by partnering with a specific company (the case of imeem) and/or they are partially or wholy subsidized by a particular carrier, and agree to make the application only available to that carrier's phones, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.  It is the developer's choice to do so.  That does not detract from the fact that Android itself, is open source.  *You* can install *any* applicaiton that you wish to install, that you can get.  Neither Google, nor the platform is preventing you from installing a given application (ignorning the current bug with the updated Hero ROM and the paid apps on Market, of course!)  The person who is preventing you from installing the application is the company who  happens to OWN that application.

Also, I believe that the Copy-Protection thing is NOT the only reason the certain apps are not showing up right now. Recently, Developers had to log into the Dev console and accept a new terms of service to keep their apps on the android market. I think alot of developers have not done that including the m:poker and m:mafia bunch.