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Submitted an app to the Android Market. It went to Published right away. Is there really no review/testing/certification process over there?

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Yep, no review, it goes right out. Pretty crazy huh? Way different than Apple's App Store.

Guzba
And Microsoft Marketplace too. In my experience, I had more arbitrary turn-downs from MSFT than from APPL.
Seva Alekseyev
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I think Google's view is that testing is your responsibility. If you want to distribute a steaming pile of XXXX, then it's only your reputation that will be harmed, not Google's.

I've never agreed with Apple's high-handed "we only allow stuff that we approve of" approach to distribution but I do understand that they're trying to protect their image.

I suspect Google is at the opposite end of the spectrum, far more laissez-faire free-market capitalism than Apple's dictatorial way.

It remains to be seen which way wins out in the end. I look forward to watching the battle :-)

paxdiablo