Android apps that filter by device

Android apps can filter out what devices it works on using two different methods: 1) You can filter using the app store and 2) You can have your app detect the device and popup a message.  After using the MK802, I am getting very frustrated with this filtering.

The App Store filter is designed to prevent compatibility problems, like requiring a specific version of Android, or requiring the device to be a phone or a tablet.  Most apps use this feature correctly.  Some apps try to filter our unknown devices.  An example of this is the iHeartRadio app.  This app says that is not available on the MK802.  You can however copy the app off of your phone and install the apk file onto the MK802 and it works just fine.  Although annoying, it is nice to have a work-around for the problem.

The device detection code is far more problematic.  In this method, the app is available for install in the app store.  Problems occur when you try to run the app.  The app pops up a message saying that this device is not supported.  An example of this is the Hulu Plus app.  I had every intention to pay for a Hulu Plus subscription.  That intention ended when I tried to run the Hulu Plus app on the MK802 just to find out that it wasn't supported.  This "whitelist" method is the most annoying because there is no workaround.  Since the MK802 is not a mainstream device, there is a very little chance that Hulu would add the device to the whitelist.  Yet another example of failing to pay for media.