Mod parent up...

I must say, it's noble of RIM to give their existing customers a better way of smoothly transitioning from their existing platform to Android or iOS.

TFA is angled more at the fact that anyone can go out and rent something like this for their own ends.

Golden age of app distribution over? Can't get your crummy apps seen or sold? Want armfuls of publicity for your company/cause?

1. Write an app that deliberately criticises the smartphone production process, dish out lots of dirt over alleged sweatshops, suicides etc.
2. Wait for the ban.
3. Pow! Instant news story! The tech press will lap it up! Anti-apple and Apple fanbois will whip it into a frenzy. Folks will relish being the first to spot a potential Streisand Effect.
4 ..
5. Profit*??

(*or at least tons of free exposure)

I guess he might have forgotten.

The agreement you have to accept on a GPS, per use, only amounts to "Yes, I agree to still look at the road from time to time whilst using this gadget."