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Same for Natwest.

I believe the Channel 4 on Demand media player also does (did?) this.

And Sky Go. Which is frustrating. I want both an open device I control (as much as possible) and to pay for my media legitimately. Stopping me accessing media I've paid for on my rooted device makes me more likely to seek it out elsewhere (I'm already paying for it, god dammit!)

With 4OD and Sky Go it won't be about security/stability - it will be about them worrying that you'll somehow either skip adverts and such and/or have an easy way to permanently download the streams.

The advertising/tracking thing is presumably why 4OD refuses to operate in incognito mode in Chrome (I see no valid more technical reason).

How does one detect incognito mode? I was under the impression it was the same as any other Chrome session except for history and cookies being wiped automatically upon closing the window.

I've never looked into it. I just know it complains if you try use it in that mode (or did last time I tried to run it).

Likely the same for FirstDirect. I couldn't get the app set up on my rooted Nexus despite going through process with their support desk. I didn't discuss it with them, just asked for a key fob code generator instead.

Perhaps someone should make a list of applications or services which are hostile towards rooted/jailbroken devices. Maybe effect some change.

Halifax recently switched from a web app to a native Android app, and made the same restriction (no rooted devices for the native app).

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