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Kongregate Arcade pulled from the Android Market for violating terms
You can still download Kongregate Arcade from the source. You'll need to flip the Unknown sources switch on your Android device under Settings > Applications, then download the .APK.
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Subscribe to commentsJordanJan 19th 2011 2:39PM
Hope people on AT&T grabbed this before it got pulled. :P
SilverWaveJan 19th 2011 10:01PM
@Jordan
Hmm I wonder if Google will use their kill switch to remove it from devices...
levyshaiJan 19th 2011 4:10PM
The "app isn't allowed to distribute other apps" thing might be a big problem for Amazon. How will they distribute their own market application if not from the Google android market ?
Lee MathewsJan 19th 2011 4:15PM
@levyshai The Amazon Market is going to be a standalone entity. You won't install it from the Android Market -- so Google's rules won't apply.
levyshaiJan 19th 2011 4:34PM
@lee I'm speaking about penetrating to existing devices, Amazon won't have an "easy" method of distributing their standalone entity. Installation would become cumbersome
AnthonyJan 19th 2011 5:42PM
@levyshai Installing non market apps isn't cumbersome. My mother could do it without complicated instructions, and she is not exactly tech savvy.
JordanJan 19th 2011 9:38PM
@levyshai Amazon would likely partner with manufacturers, especially for devices outside Google's normal paid market regions, or devices that don't fit Google's standards for market, like the Streak and Tab.
SilverWaveJan 19th 2011 9:59PM
@Anthony
Yeah its not difficult just unsafe.
SilverWaveJan 19th 2011 9:58PM
>You'll need to flip the Unknown sources switch on your Android device under Settings > Applications
Bad idea.
Don't do it unless you really trust the code.
And the developer.
The web site you are getting it from.
The person who recommended it.
That the package is confirmed to be untampered with.
I have done this once with the Mozilla Firefox beta but I have a very high level of trust in them... random games devs? Not so much.
AnthonyJan 19th 2011 11:25PM
@SilverWave Sure it's unsafe. So is installing programs on Windows that you didn't download from Microsoft.
/s
SilverWaveJan 20th 2011 3:10AM
@Anthony
>Sure it's unsafe. So is installing programs on Windows that you didn't download from Microsoft.
Which is why I use Ubuntu Linux and use the provided trusted pgp sign repositories.
There is a reason lots of Windows users have viruses and installing untrusted software is a large part of it.
AnthonyJan 19th 2011 11:28PM
Kongregate (owned by GameStop) isn't exactly what I would call a "random game developer". The fact is these are flash programs, and you put yourself at far more risk not using flashblock while going to pages on the internet you don't know.
You are quite paranoid my friend.
SilverWaveJan 20th 2011 3:15AM
@Anthony
>and you put yourself at far more risk not using flashblock while going to pages on the internet you don't know.
Once you allow the package install the fact part of the payload is flash is immaterial. You are allowing the code permission to run depending on the security permissions it flagged up as needed on install that could be enough to cause you problems.
ErebosJan 20th 2011 9:54AM
Since when flash content is "an app"?
It's not like it forces you to download & INSTALL the games that you play, does it?