Android Central is reporting that folks using rooted Android devices won't be able to access the new Android Market movie rental service. This move doesn't seem very surprising -- considering all the DRM requirements movie studios demand to make their content available online. That said, there seem to be a number of angry people around.
Does this move bother you at all? Are you even interested in the move rental service to begin with?
Via: www.androidcentral.com/google-movies-blocked-roote...
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If you've rooted your Android device, you won't be able to access the Android Market movie rental service.
This news doesn't bother me at all. There are so many ways to watch movies, both paid and free, that missing out on another similar service that probably has a smaller catalog isn't a big deal. Also, unless I'm desperate, I don't really like watching long movies on the relatively small screen on my phone. Maybe if I had an Android tablet I'd feel the need to rage over this.
Being able to wifi tether and take screenshots (WTF Google, build this in!) is much more useful than renting movies.
Being able to wifi tether and take screenshots (WTF Google, build this in!) is much more useful than renting movies.
I can certainly see why Google made this move. When the device is rooted, anything is possible, even the possible capture of these films. Personally, since I don't rent movies that often, I don't have a problem. And for those that do rent, there are other options available.
I think the anger would have been justified earlier on (if the technology were present) when Google was touting the Android as a completely open OS. The backpedal isn't surprising though, as phone manufacturers have taken the concept of open and clamped down on it with their own versions of the OS, including baked in apps that users don't want or need, but I digress.
Android still offers choices - if you want Google services that requires unrooted phones, of if you wanted to root a phone to get access to apps that provide specific functionality, then the user can make that choice. If someone is angry about that, it's probably a matter of, pardon the phrase, wanting the cake and eating it too.
Android still offers choices - if you want Google services that requires unrooted phones, of if you wanted to root a phone to get access to apps that provide specific functionality, then the user can make that choice. If someone is angry about that, it's probably a matter of, pardon the phrase, wanting the cake and eating it too.
Not interested in the movie rental service at all honestly. As a rooted Xoom and G2 user, I don't really watch movies too often on my portable devices. If I do, I have already downloaded them to the Xoom or stream it using the incredible service that is Subsonic (highly recommend to everyone).
I am very skeptical about both Google's movie service and the netflix app and what it will do to my battery level.
I am not surprised or angered by this. People who chose to root their devices obviously knew that they were breaking their warranty and possibly putting themselves in a bad position for any type of official update from Google. This is just the same situation as Apple folks jailbreaking their phones and losing oout onon certain securities offered by sticking with sstock iOS.
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