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Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store

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Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store

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Post by joemi »

izacus wrote: post #41

The thing the pisses me of about these cases is this: "I called them again and they said they can’t provide more information." They terminate your account and then they even refuse to tell you why. A basic human thing, a chance to fix the issue, but no. Go f* yourself from Apple and that's it.

For what it's worth, both Amazon and Google can be the same way. (I've had to deal with such from both of them before.)

That said, it's not always that way with them, and I suspect Apple is similar. We always hear about the rough encounters, but few people write about "I just had this issue, and it got cleared up immediately. The end."

Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store

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Post by wernercd »

kennywinker wrote: post #195
copperx wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's enraging is that you pay $100/year for that abusive treatment.

What's enraging is you pay 30% of your sales for that abusive treatment.

You pay a massive markup on dated technology for that abusive treatment.

Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store

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Post by techwizrd »

This is disturbing. I've been working on an open-source Dash alternative [1] for Linux (anything with GTK actually) that is compatible with Dash docsets. Dash is a really cool piece of software, and it's really surprising to see something like this happen. I hope that this is resolved, and that we are Apple take steps to change their policy in the future.

1: https://github.com/techwizrd/tarpon

Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store

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Post by joemi »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #144
rimantas wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try contacting Google about anything.

Why do some people always make this kind of "argument "?! Why can't you keep it focused on Apple when it's Apples actions in question? Saying something about some other company does not in any way justify the questionable actions.

You're of course correct that it doesn't justify the questionable actions. But it shows that it's a much bigger problem than one company... Is there some reason such issues happen all of these multiple companies? Can we do anything about that so that other companies don't also start doing this?

Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store

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Post by abeyer »

stuaxo wrote: post #102
projectileboy wrote: post #68

I wonder if Apple knows how many developers use Dash. They probably don't realize what a high-profile faux pas they're making.

This is the first time I've heard of this (not a mac user but am a developer). At least as this is software for developers, I reckon most won't mind buying it outside the appstore, it sounds really useful.

If you're not on mac, there's Zeal[1], that shows Dash doc sets on win & linux.

[1] https://zealdocs.org

Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store

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Post by zymhan »

RIMR wrote: post #155
zymhan wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We also weren't using as many walled-garden devices and ecosystems a decade ago. There are certainly a lot of issues with the app store model. But using a service like download.com was also rife with issues.

Why can't we just have the equivalent of APT for mobile devices?

That's actually pretty much what Cydia for iOS is.

Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store

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Post by molmalo »

kennywinker wrote: post #195
copperx wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's enraging is that you pay $100/year for that abusive treatment.

What's enraging is you pay 30% of your sales for that abusive treatment.

In their eyes, it's more like "we give you 70% of OUR sells in OUR platform, to OUR captive customers, they just happen to buy your App but they will buy something else if we want to ban you..."

It's a matter of perspective. In their eyes, they are being incredibly generous with that deal.

Re: Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store

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Post by joemi »

norswap wrote: post #216

At this point, this is neither surprising, not unexpected. There is ample precedent, there are tens of stories like this every days (maybe even counting only those that hit the HN frontpage). To avoid these problems, don't sell on the App Store, it's as simple as that (and very sad). Apple's processes suck and Apple doesn't care, as it has had year to fix things, but hasn't. Complaining won't change it. People have c…

> there are tens of stories like this every days (maybe even counting only those that hit the HN frontpage)

As someone who comes here every day, I don't think tens (or even ones) of this type of story hits the frontpage every day. I'm not saying it's not a problem, though.

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