I don’t blame them for this. It IS a competitors brand/trademark after all isn’t it?
Besides, they own the distribution method and do all the hosting themselves.
Sorry, their toy, their store, their network... their rules.
I love how this is an issue. You want a better approval system just so you can use “Android” as an app name? Go invent yourself a 4g, touchscreen, robust OS device to do it on. Oh and while you’re at it find an exclusive national carrier, fund the staff to approve and bug test apps, do the marketing, sales, put up a web site, host the storage, pay for the bandwidth and continue to upgrade the OS to remain competitive.
Sorry folks, playing on a closed system... you play by the system holder’s rules. This reminds me so much of software companies complaining about the stranglehold Nintendo had on the video game business in the 80’s. No one could beat them at their own game so it MUST be Nintendo was breaking the law.
What you said.
As long as Apple keeps being such an effective competitor they get to make the rules.
Historically speaking, it’s likely somebody will knock them off their perch before too long.