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Pleonasm and power terms make it sound like there's something terrible happening. The option is there to purge malicious content; which appears useful to me. If "they" would purge random items/apps the hue and cry of the masses would create damage to the brand and it's continuity; which in turn is a self regulating property that such events should not occur for the sake of the companies involved.

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I think the main problem with this type of technology is it's very easy to imagine the RIAA/AT&T/US Gov/whoever suing or pressuring Google to remove (Insert Non Malware App Name Here) for whatever reason.

One word: Grooveshark.

But they didn't kill the app from users phones, they removed it from the marketplace.

Slippery slope is a logical fallacy.

I'll save my future outrage for if/when they abuse the function. As it stands, they've been nothing but responsible and show every intention of remaining that way.

I'm pretty sure they understand that if they abuse the kill switch, even once, the resulting shitstorm will be of sopa-esque proportions.

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