If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
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Re: If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
#2seems like this applies to many new "platforms", for example Facebook.
Re: If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
#3seems like this applies to many new "platforms", for example Facebook.
On facebook you can release any app without approval. The only time you need approval is to be added to their app directory. I don't think facebook ever bans apps without a tos violation.
Re: If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
#4seems like this applies to many new "platforms", for example Facebook.
On facebook you can release any app without approval. The only time you need approval is to be added to their app directory. I don't think facebook ever bans apps without a tos violation.
So is consensus that the RockYou app disabling was legit? The power to ban for a ToS violation still seems strong -- this isn't something Microsoft or Apple (or any Linux distro) has on the desktop, right?
Re: If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
#5This is a good example why the industry as a whole is always salivating for [software as a service | client-server apps | web apps]. It puts control squarely in the hands of the vendor, rather than the user (I count developers as being the users of a platform).
Re: If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
#6You could not have said it better. Apple being a tab less restricted than others does not make it Open.
Re: If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
#7seems like this applies to many new "platforms", for example Facebook.
On facebook you can release any app without approval. The only time you need approval is to be added to their app directory. I don't think facebook ever bans apps without a tos violation.
Myspace, on the other hand, is harder to get through than mobile carriers. I've basically given up.
Re: If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
#8Dave Winer has been bitching about apple for years and years and years... it is his favorite hobby.
Re: If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
#9In an era of crowdsourcing, you'd think we could have 100% open platforms that automatically self-correct.
Bad apps should be rated lower. Great apps should be rated higher. Like Yelp, perhaps there should be a class of "super raters" that are selected by the owners of the community -- and perhaps they get moderation privileges -- kill spam, kill viruses, kill bad apps.
Re: If you need the approval of the platform vendor to ship an app, then it isn't a platform
#10This is a good example why the industry as a whole is always salivating for [software as a service | client-server apps | web apps]. It puts control squarely in the hands of the vendor, rather than the user (I count developers as being the users of a platform).
Only if there is only on of the service. There is only one Amazon cloud storage, but there are thousands of other online storage places so switching is easy.
On the other hand there is only one IPhone, and because it uses coca switching is difficult.