Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
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Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#2I can't help but wonder why this keeps happening. Rejecting this app seems a bit ludicrous to me. But I have to wonder if this has anything to do with Steve Jobs and Apple policies, or just some of the people who work at Apple enforcing the "Apple-way".
There are quite a few Apple fanatics out there. The ones who say Apple can do no wrong and the Apple way is the right way. They would do most things to make Steve Jobs happy. So it's not a giant leap to think some of those people have made it on to Apple's payroll and possibly hold senior positions at Apple.
So is this a case of Apple being a bit ridiculous with its policies, or people within Apple following the Apple-way and policies a little too closely? This might just be a staffing problem.
Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#3I can't help but wonder why this keeps happening. Rejecting this app seems a bit ludicrous to me. But I have to wonder if this has anything to do with Steve Jobs and Apple policies, or just some of the people who work at Apple enforcing the "Apple-way". There are quite a few Apple fanatics out there. The ones who say Apple can do no wrong and the Apple way is the right way. They would do most things to make Steve Job…
The developers sent an email to Steve Jobs about the removal of the app, and he replied "We are not allowing apps that create their own desktops. Sorry." If you think that's a staffing problem, the problem staff is Jobs.
Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#4I can't help but wonder why this keeps happening. Rejecting this app seems a bit ludicrous to me. But I have to wonder if this has anything to do with Steve Jobs and Apple policies, or just some of the people who work at Apple enforcing the "Apple-way". There are quite a few Apple fanatics out there. The ones who say Apple can do no wrong and the Apple way is the right way. They would do most things to make Steve Job…
The developers sent an email to Steve Jobs about the removal of the app, and he replied "We are not allowing apps that create their own desktops. Sorry." If you think that's a staffing problem, the problem staff is Jobs.
True. But do you think Jobs took the time to look into this, or just read the review comments from review process?
Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#5Someone suggested that the reason they banned it is because they are preparing their own widgety release, but have a look at the app:
http://www.groundhog.com.au/myframe/
I think its as simple as someone at Apple seeing that and thinking "I don't want our iPad to be used like a picture frame". And if Apple doesn't like how you use their product in your house, they'll do something about it.
Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#6Someone suggested that the reason they banned it is because they are preparing their own widgety release, but have a look at the app: http://www.groundhog.com.au/myframe/ I think its as simple as someone at Apple seeing that and thinking "I don't want our iPad to be used like a picture frame". And if Apple doesn't like how you use their product in your house, they'll do something about it.
Apple puts a button for 'picture frame mode' right on the lock screen of the iPad. So, no, it's not because they're offended that people might use it as a picture frame.
Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#7Someone suggested that the reason they banned it is because they are preparing their own widgety release, but have a look at the app: http://www.groundhog.com.au/myframe/ I think its as simple as someone at Apple seeing that and thinking "I don't want our iPad to be used like a picture frame". And if Apple doesn't like how you use their product in your house, they'll do something about it.
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Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#8I can't help but wonder why this keeps happening. Rejecting this app seems a bit ludicrous to me. But I have to wonder if this has anything to do with Steve Jobs and Apple policies, or just some of the people who work at Apple enforcing the "Apple-way". There are quite a few Apple fanatics out there. The ones who say Apple can do no wrong and the Apple way is the right way. They would do most things to make Steve Job…
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Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The developers sent an email to Steve Jobs about the removal of the app, and he replied "We are not allowing apps that create their own desktops. Sorry." If you think that's a staffing problem, the problem staff is Jobs.
True. But do you think Jobs took the time to look into this, or just read the review comments from review process?
Does it matter? Either way, the result is the same. If he's not setting the policy, he's explicitly supporting it.
Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The developers sent an email to Steve Jobs about the removal of the app, and he replied "We are not allowing apps that create their own desktops. Sorry." If you think that's a staffing problem, the problem staff is Jobs.
True. But do you think Jobs took the time to look into this, or just read the review comments from review process?
This is starting to sound like some kind of monarchist apology -- "the King always makes the best possible decision, but sometimes his flawed underlings provide him with bad reports".