>(And yes, I do sideload apps -- including one I've written myself -- on my Android phone. So this isn't a theoretical "don't take my freedom" type concern.) O

>(And yes, I do sideload apps -- including one I've written myself -- on my Android phone. So this isn't a theoretical "don't take my freedom" type concern.) Over the years I have built several very small, very specific apps, to do one thing and do it exactly the way I want it. The one that found most use (also among my friends) was my QR-code scanner, which was built in the days when the only QR-code scanners you could find were littered with ads, or paid for. It took me less than 2 hours to wrap the google barcode SDK in an app with one view that showed the camera preview and had one toggle button. The toggle button controlled whether a scanned QR-code would be immediately opened (through a generic intent), or whether it would be stored in the clipboard. Super easy, works really well and I still prefer over the much slicker looking paid apps. If I had an iPhone i would have surely never have built this app, as the hassle would be too much.