Imaging this. You’re a huge company whose name rhymes with Oogle. You release a phone that is sold both locked and unlocked, so that it can theoretically be used with any GSM-compliant carrier. The phone is also used, however unofficially, in many countries where tethering is perfectly permissible. You advertise your platform as open and welcoming.
Now imagine this: some registered developers create a tethering application and submit it to your Oogle marketplace. What do you do? Do you (a) let it be, and trust the customers to use or not use it according to their contracted terms of service? Or do you (b) yank the application from sale and cite a part of the development agreement that says, “These distribution agreements may require the involuntary removal of Products in violation of the Device manufacturer’s or Authorized Carrier’s terms of service”?
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