This is the same thing that happened with Google Chrome - Google slapped their generic ToS on a new thingy without thinking about it, people flip out because the generic ToS says "we get to own/keep all your information" (because on Google Maps and search results it makes sense to say such things), and soon Google will go "wait, CRAP, we didn't think that one through" and make a "specialized" (read: slightly modified) ToS that says they CAN'T do that.

If you root your phone, you could edit the /etc/hosts file with something and point all the ad servers to 127.0.0.1. I found an app on the Android Market (when it was called that anyway) that would do that for you if you were rooted but it didn't get all of them. Still it's a start, and if you had a way to get the servers your phone is talking to you could easily find the rest.

Still, in cases where rooting's not desirable (company phone, voids warranty, whatever) this is still important news.

This is an absolute genius way of making the industry stop ripping off customers.

That's more of a jigsaw puzzle than any real programming - sure it helps get the idea down but doesn't really teach *progamming*

Someone get a hold of George Thorogood, because GNOME 3 is nothing but bad to the bone.

Now people can stop arguing so heatedly about such a trivial detail. I hope this makes front page, good luck

This is why you root your phone and remove this software if--no, when it causes problems. Make sure you keep a backup of it though - you'll need to restore it and unroot if for some reason you need to send it in under warranty.

Since you own the copyright, you could still do that.

still better than Fox News

touché

Whoever shopped it did an amazing job. I thought it was real as well.

OSX isn't as locked as iOS, though. The Mac App Store conveys the idea of "Hey! If you get stuff from here, it's guaranteed not to screw things up! Sure, you can get apps off the net or off a disc, but we can't guarantee safety!"

Am I the only one who mods down all the participants of OS wars, regardless of side?

Episode 3.