http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html Not really an issue?

Also, add in the other forms of digital distribution, and digital cable, can't the source providers just collect their own data?

Maybe they can justify Bittorrent "profit" losses by using download statistics to provide ratings. Nielsen is just an extrapolation anyways. At least for certain markets they could save a ton of money on this research.

Well, they talked about introducing the genes to the liver. And people can have liver transplants. And we can grow livers. Sounds like aftermarket possibilities. Even if not the liver, some effective organ.

Interesting idea... you should write a book on it. And maybe refer to those as Strange Loops.