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Originally Posted by BenMcr
As far as I understand it, it was found that the unofficial apps were causing issues with the stability of the TiVo boxes
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Not having a go at you Ben, but that sounds like a line from the same team that said the VMNG300 can only manage 92meg on the network.
If I was a betting man, I'd wager its entirely down to copyright. I have a distant memory of VM mentioning having to make changes to tivos network sharing functionality because of concerns for copyright (ie, they didn't want people taking recorded content off the boxes and playing it on other devices or uploading it). So I can see them locking down access to only their own very limited apps.
But of course that is silly and removes a useful feature (content shifting). And of course, they could at least be honest about it. Would be interesting to see The Register take them to task for their claims about being open with the platform (100 apps?) and then doing this.