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Re: Avoid the Apple App Store

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Post by simion314 »

tshaddox wrote: post #73
simion314 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I have purchased zero items for use on my phone from places outside the App Store. I am very happy with this. Because this is impossible, so how the fck would you judge the grapes you can't taste.

I assume the commenter’s choice of which smartphone to buy is related to these preferences. If the commenter wanted a smartphone that supports sidelining, they could switch to the other smartphone platform (the one that is vastly more popular than Apple’s).

We all know switching is not free, you might have a lot of digital assets locked inside the garden. Still nobody would force him to give money directly to a developer/artist he can continue feeding poor giant companies and you can check Google Play Store and see that is full of apps(includng Facebook,Apple and Microsoft apps) so there is no risk that an alternative will empty out the official store.

Re: Avoid the Apple App Store

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Post by dcow »

Humdeee wrote: post #174
dcow wrote: post #166

This is frankly racist and it really pisses me off. The fact is, despite everything else and even in face of wanting to keep a storefront free of low value clones and fads, which is understandable, Swedish people cannot play Wordle and this derivative work brings that experience to people who don’t have it. It’s NOT a copycat for them. Apple needs a policy revision and consistent guidelines for applying the copycat r…

How do you know there aren't already a hundred copycat apps that already support Swedish? Even if OP is first and only (very unlikely), this isn't what racist means btw...

I think you know exactly what I mean. You’re categorically excluding an entire population. Call that whatever you want, it’s not right.

Re: Avoid the Apple App Store

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Post by dcow »

endisneigh wrote: post #142
dcow wrote: post #139

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The ops app actually does use native features. You can’t set timer reminders in a web app.

Right, yet the core functionality doesn’t really need native functionality.

Neither do half the apps on the app store.

Re: Avoid the Apple App Store

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Post by Damogran6 »

OP is not wrong, but no Apple Appstore means no iPhones, and Android's done an awesome job of earning the 'no OS updates after 2 years' reputation and as a security focused IT guy, that just doesn't fly with me.

But I agree, Reddit suffers from a similar banhammer to participation (Reason for removal: "Cuz")

Re: Avoid the Apple App Store

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Post by dcow »

Humdeee wrote: post #180
dcow wrote: post #168

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That’s why I put it in quotes. Point is you cannot categorically exclude an entire population of people from an experience. I don't care what Apple or you think. I’m calling both you out for being insensitive or at best oblivious douchbags and telling you you’re wrong. You are free to disagree but your comment is going dangerously grey so citation needed on your assumption about how many others agree with you.

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I’m just calling it as it is and doing my part to keep this platform free of low effort dime a dozen Apple fanboy bandwagon content. That, at least, you should understand (;

You’ve been clearly downvoted and are digging your heels in ignoring facts presented in the article to make some selfish point about how you and Apple have a shared vision about the high road for the app store and everyone agrees so fuck you op. It’s impossible to have a logical discussion with an irrational person and I’ll let your downvotes be the proof of that. Good day to you, too.

Re: Avoid the Apple App Store

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Post by Apocryphon »

Humdeee wrote: post #174
dcow wrote: post #166

This is frankly racist and it really pisses me off. The fact is, despite everything else and even in face of wanting to keep a storefront free of low value clones and fads, which is understandable, Swedish people cannot play Wordle and this derivative work brings that experience to people who don’t have it. It’s NOT a copycat for them. Apple needs a policy revision and consistent guidelines for applying the copycat r…

How do you know there aren't already a hundred copycat apps that already support Swedish? Even if OP is first and only (very unlikely), this isn't what racist means btw...

Great question! Unfortunately on the App Store app for iPhone (as opposed to iPad) there doesn’t seem to be any support for search filters, making it even more opaque and near-impossible to filter searches by language.

Re: Avoid the Apple App Store

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Post by vinceguidry »

MockObject wrote: post #143
vinceguidry wrote: post #105

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Excuses. Please understand that these are excuses. You are accepting lower quality products and accepting nothing in return, even accepting higher prices. Apple doesn't make the iOS apps that people use and love. They just provide an increasingly crappier platform to put them on. That's what people make for Apple every single time they get burned. Apple lowers the quality of their manufacturing, people don't care. Th…

My main computer is a MacBook from 2013. The battery is a bit flaky now, so I keep it plugged in, but that's some pretty heroic performance.

You're making my point for me. 2013 MacBooks were great. New ones, not so much. IIRC, 2013 was around the high water mark for MacBook quality.

Re: Avoid the Apple App Store

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Post by jonatanheyman »

dkonofalski wrote: post #125
dcow wrote: post #122

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I think the developer made a very clear case as to why they do not have a simple copycat experience. Please read the essay.

The developer's post assumes that those other clones won't be removed. It also assumes that every review process is exactly the same. We only know one side of the story here and it's full of assumptions and conjecture.

As the writer of the post, I would love to hear Apple's side of the story. The reason I didn't include more quotes from Apple was that they never cited anything other than "resembles Wordle" and "leverages Wordle" in their replies. But clearly, given that they don't apply these rules when it comes to other apps (such as Scrabble, Minesweeper, Tetris, etc.), there is something else going on.

Re: Avoid the Apple App Store

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Post by p_j_w »

eps wrote: post #5

Well, this does look like a straight Wordle copy. It is also disingenious to say that's a copy of Lingo, when it's bloody obvious it's a Wordle clone. The fact that other clones were approved by Apple points at another issue.

>Well, this does look like a straight Wordle copy.

Did you not read the article? It's in Swedish, so not actually a straight copy. That right there should be more than enough to allow it, as presumably there are plenty of Swedes who would like to play the game in their native language.

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