[cryos]

If I buy a pony I expect to be a pony, not to be a donkey.

Its definitely a total cop out because no one is taking responsibility on the matter, bugs are being ignored, and Google has made a history so far of passing blame and not addressing issues with Android.

Lastly thats a moronic statement "The person who wants the software fixed should fix it". Android tends to attract lower income people who tend not to be IT orientated. If you told any of these peoples the dangers of identity theft they would want this changed, but its out of there capability to address. TBH I don't know how you can even have such a stupid stance.

[jrockway]

Sure, Google should fix it. But they're not. So now what?

One of my main problems with people in general is that they want to assign blame, not solve problems. So, okay, blame Google. But that's not getting you closer to a solution. Typing in code to fix the problem is the solution.

Finally, to address one point:

If I buy a pony I expect to be a pony, not to be a donkey.

That's reasonable, but this is software. You know all those CAPITAL LETTERS rambling on about NO WARRANTY. That's what this is. There's a defect and they don't have to fix it because you signed away all your rights to get the software. Vote with your wallet: only buy software that's proved correct.

[vetinari]

> Vote with your wallet: only buy software that's proved correct.

For all intents and purposes, people in last 50 years proved, that they do not want correct software. In many cases, they can't even describe what correct software should do. They want cheap (= keyword!) software, that kinda-sorta is fit for intended purpose.