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> So... having read through their marketing material, this is an on-device tool that opens up what appears to be most of the Android application API to at least
by mdoms 6y ago
> So... having read through their marketing material, this is an on-device tool that opens up what appears to be most of the Android application API to at least the user of the device, and potentially to any Droidscript applications they grab from other sources, and... maybe to other apps on the device? It's not clear from a quick read how extensive the runtime control is.
When did we collectively decide that programmable computers were a Bad Thing?
- NateEag 6y agoSome of us realised that end users don't want to program and that they can be better protected from themselves by only allowing execution of arbitrary code when they explicitly say they want it.
- mdoms 6y agoPresumably those end users aren't downloading Droidscript.
- NateEag 6y agoYup, that's fair for sure. I thought the parent comment was speaking generally. Maybe I misunderstood. Either way, I was thinking of downloading Droidscript as one way of saying "I want arbitrary code exec." I think it's reasonable for Google to say "Most users don't understand what this implies, so if they want this they'll have to get it outside the Play Store." That said, that doesn't actually seem to be what they're saying here. I just think it's a reasonable stance to hold as an App Store.