Marking a "Install from unknown sources" checkbox provided by the OS is not illegal, nor is downloading properly licensed APKs. If the applications don't (legal

Marking a "Install from unknown sources" checkbox provided by the OS is not illegal, nor is downloading properly licensed APKs. If the applications don't (legally) permit themselves to be used without being downloaded from Android Market or provide their source code, they totally have the right to do that. > if you did not have to depend on the vendor for basic system software upgrades, there would be no problem. Totally agreed. But your initial comment didn't point that out. It just said naively how GPLv3, AGPL, and FSF are good and all other things are evil. Please make yourself more clear next time. > Why do you act like you do not understand anything about Android phones or have never heard of rooting, when you obviously have? Please do not take things on a personal level like this, that section of your comment was totally unnecessary and targeted, which doesn't add any value to this thread, according to the HN's approach to comments guide[1]. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html