Aptoide and forks banned from the Market

Hi guys...

Yesterday Aptoide and forks (ApkTor, F-Droid,...) were banned from the market without further explanation.
Aptoide is in the market for more than one year.
It seems the growing momentum of Bazaar (Home • Bazaar - Your Own Aptoide / Apktor Repository) triggered Google's decision.

There is an interesting thread going on on the Android forum:

Censorship ? Aptoide and forks (ApkTor) had been removed from the Market - Android Market Help

Some people defend that is being used to warez.
Some state that an open definition of apks repository and a GPLv2 client is important when a growing number of non-compatible proprietary app stores (Samsung, Acer,...) are showing up.

Have a nice 2011.