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Gah, so much misinformation. There is no "Kill switch" in Android, the Market App has permission to uninstall applications, it also receives push notifications from market servers that can include instructions to uninstall an app. The Android market is _not_ part of the OS, if you build straight from AOSP you don't get the market app, no app no "kill switch"
Unless you describe the entirety of your obligation to society as "force" (All taxes, the requirement to abide by laws, facing ostracisation for failing to be polite/deferent where society deems appropriate) I think your use of the term is disingenuous. I could equally say that "I do not wish to replace a system dedicated to the public good with a system motivated purely by greed" if I wanted to be equally disingenuous.
Personally I believe that the current US educational "reform" movement is presenting a false dichotomy and that education can be reformed and made better without falling back on "Free market makes it better" because demonstrably in many cases is does _not_.
Why doesn't that Android client have the option to keep files sync'd? The whole point of Dropbox IMHO is to have your data when you need it, not maybe-if-I've-got-signal-and-I-can-wait-till-it's-transferred. At the moment The Android dropbox client is just a glorified SFTP client
IMHO it's because the iOS ecosystem retards that "itch-scratch" development process and promotes the "only-if-it-makes-money" process. Most mid-range SQL tools were created to scratch an itch and the iPad is hardly the target market for high-end tools. I'd imagine you'll get cut down/client versions of FileMaker though (whether that's a good thing is up to you)