Apple has removed us from the App Store
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Apple has removed us from the App Store
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Re: Apple has removed us from the App Store
#2Apple has a very interesting approach to these type of app monopolies.
It "nationalizes" the monopoly app by creating a generic version of the same app.
The problem is, the generic app versions are exceptional in that they have much deeper access to the phone than a traditional independently built App Store app.
Seems unfair.
Re: Apple has removed us from the App Store
#3Honestly, I was kind of surprised RescueTime was allowed to release an iOS version in the first place given all the permissions it required.
Re: Apple has removed us from the App Store
#4Apple has a very interesting approach to these type of app monopolies. It "nationalizes" the monopoly app by creating a generic version of the same app. The problem is, the generic app versions are exceptional in that they have much deeper access to the phone than a traditional independently built App Store app. Seems unfair.
Apple aren't interested in an even playing field, this type of muscling in is possible by design. There's a risk they'll turn developers off their platform, but providing they don't piss off too many at once, barely anyone will notice.
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#5I still wonder how is this legal.
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#6> Critically, using the persistent location API also allows us to use an acknowledged acceptable way to capture when our users have active screen time.
They're admitting to using background location to infer screen time, which is clearly "misuse" according to section 2.5.4. Whether the decision is right or wrong, I find it hard to believe that the developer is actually confused by this.
Re: Apple has removed us from the App Store
#7Apple has a very interesting approach to these type of app monopolies. It "nationalizes" the monopoly app by creating a generic version of the same app. The problem is, the generic app versions are exceptional in that they have much deeper access to the phone than a traditional independently built App Store app. Seems unfair.
Apple aren't interested in an even playing field, this type of muscling in is possible by design. There's a risk they'll turn developers off their platform, but providing they don't piss off too many at once, barely anyone will notice.
I mean both iPhone and Android do this but Google won’t pull competitors.
Re: Apple has removed us from the App Store
#8Apple has a very interesting approach to these type of app monopolies. It "nationalizes" the monopoly app by creating a generic version of the same app. The problem is, the generic app versions are exceptional in that they have much deeper access to the phone than a traditional independently built App Store app. Seems unfair.
> It "nationalizes" the monopoly app by creating a generic version of the same app.
Out of curiosity: Is there a generic version of RescueTime?
> The problem is, the generic app versions are exceptional in that they have much deeper access to the phone than a traditional independently built App Store app.
This is what Microsoft allegedly did with Office. Sysinternals' Mark Russinovic documented that so called "Native API" in the late nineteens. Of course the pages are all gone since Microsoft bought Sysinternals but they are still in archive.org[1].
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20040630004415/http://www.sysint...
EDIT:
Latest working snapshot is from 1 Sept 2006:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060901032614/http://www.sysint...
Re: Apple has removed us from the App Store
#9I still wonder how is this legal.
How could it be illegal? If you sold bread in a grocery store and the grocery store decided they preferred their own brand and didn't wanna sell yours anymore... would that be illegal?
Re: Apple has removed us from the App Store
#10I still wonder how is this legal.
Because it should be legal for the owner of a store to decide not to sell a product, whatever the reason.