I think the follow up note might mean that this shouldn't have been front-paged here at HN, http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_frm/t...
Stop syncing!
Stop syncing!
Isn't this what bittorrent is for? Or any number of other peer-to-peer services. I mean, maybe everyone will need to verify with a MD5 or SHA. But this seems like such a 90s way of distribution. It's too bad pirating has given peer-to-peer such a bad name. Ideal valid use cases for P2P, like this, end up avoiding it due simply to social and cultural influences.
EDIT: Added a bit.