App Store doesn't accept “too simple” apps

Post by vorpalhex » Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 12:11 AM UTC

Bud wrote: post #177

otikik wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The user has no "right" to "install what they want". Words have meanings. If I own a gadget, I own it. That means that I _have the right_ to do whatever I want with it, including jailbreaking it, disassembling it, or throwing it from a cliff. Apple might not like it, and might take punitive action. Void the warranty, maybe even cancel your Apple account. But they can not send me to jail.

Relax. Nobody is talking about sending you to jail. What's at issue is whether you have the right to force Apple to carry any apps you want, in their App Store. And you don't. It's really that simple.

Post by gerash » Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 12:12 AM UTC

LeoPanthera wrote: post #182

Maybe this is a controversial opinion but I think I agree with Apple here. The Google and Microsoft stores are absolutely full of completely useless featureless apps, many of which exist only to trick you into thinking that it is something else. My general mental rule is "could this app be a website"? And in this case it absolutely could be.

Post by Aeolun » Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 12:12 AM UTC

fzfaa wrote: post #31

akmarinov wrote: post #22

And that's why we should open up stores by law if necessary. Apple shouldn't be the one to tell me what kind of apps I can have on the device I've bought with my money.

You already knew what you were getting into when you bought it, and Apple is far from having a monopoly.

Post by Aeolun » Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 12:14 AM UTC

CharlesW wrote: post #99

akmarinov wrote: post #22

And that's why we should open up stores by law if necessary. Apple shouldn't be the one to tell me what kind of apps I can have on the device I've bought with my money.

> Apple shouldn't be the one to tell me what kind of apps I can have on the device I've bought with my money. I'm confused. Did you buy an iPhone not knowing that it's not a general purpose computer?

Post by paulryanrogers » Sat, Aug 20, 2022, 12:15 AM UTC

HWR_14 wrote: post #230

rickspencer3 wrote: post #209

What really galls me, and I know I have ranted about this here before, is that you can't even really load an app ON YOUR OWN PHONE without paying for a developer account, not to mention that I can't side load something someone else made. I get that iPhones are nifty and all, but I don't see how people can spend that money on a device that locks the owner out of basic functionally. Android is not perfect, but at least…

Except what you just said isn't true. Yes, Apple charges for developer accounts that lets you publish to the AppStore or even privately. But you can get a free version that lets you push to devices locally. So if you want to distribute your app not in the store you can do so as long as you release the source so other people can build it on their free account.