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A lot of Europeans don't like to buy their phones from service providers but just buy them at Amazon or other stores...
Too bad.
I hope that policy gets changed...
Yes, of course. It`s very strange that you can`t buy/load copy protected Apps on an "open" market with an unlocked/open phone.

Because I bought the Milestone/Droid even while it`s a open OS. I`m very angry about such an limitation.
 
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Yes, of course. It`s very strange that you can`t buy/load copy protected Apps on an "open" market with an unlocked/open phone.

Because I bought the Milestone/Droid even while it`s a open OS. I`m very angry about such an limitation.

One thing people don't understand is an open OS has nothing to do with open applications on that OS. The OS is open. It's source code can be viewed and downloaded freely and legally. However, just because the OS is open, doesn't mean the applications are. They are still IPs owned by the developers. Some developers may chose to make their applications open.
 
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I don`t understand why I can`t use any app on an open phone, even the copy protected.

It`s each Developers choice (and right!), if his app is copy protected or not. But why makes it a difference when I bought my phone at Amazon and not at Vodaphone?

I did find this in an article...it's just speculation though....

While Google offered only slim details about why it made the change, it could be an attempt to close a loophole that reportedly allows users of the unlocked phone to download paid applications for free. "The Developer version of the G1 is designed to give developers complete flexibility," Google said in a statement. "These phones give developers of handset software full permissions to all aspects of the device... We aren't distributing copy protected applications to these phones in order to minimize unauthorized copy of the applications."

Google blocks paid apps for unlocked G1 users | Business Center | iPhone Central | Macworld

If that is the case, then I can see why Google did it.
 
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What the hell? What does carrier/SIM-lock have to do with copy protection, or anything besides which SIMs I can put in the phone?

I was wondering why I couldn't find a number of apps I knew should be there...

Ah, so they decided to screw over everyone with an unbranded phone just to close up a loophole with the developer phones. Nice.
 
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