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Re: Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

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Post by juxta »

AJ007 wrote: post #6

I can not be the only one thinking there is an antitrust issue here? I would guess the book thing means Apple is under quite a bit of scrutiny. While I'm not involved in mobile, I've had similar experiences for over half a decade dealing with the banal, highly questionable, and non-uniformly enforced rules Google imposes on its own advertisers. Some of the stuff is bad enough it makes you think it would fall under RI…

i'm not too sure on the exact details of antitrust but this seems more ethical then antitrust. They are not disallowing the users from NOT being able to purchase more dropbox storage - as long as it goes their stream to purchase it (which results in them getting 30%). Wouldn't antitrust be that they are not allowing it all together on their platform? Wouldn't the same idea of you going to a movie theater and not allowing you to bring in your own food/candy - you must purchase it through them since they make more money from a transaction you would have done elsewhere?

Re: Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

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Post by taligent »

tylermenezes wrote: post #4
ihodes wrote: post #2

Flagged for the linkbait title (which is in fact the title of the forum post), but I'd love it if the title we just edited to actually reflect what was going on. Edit: To answer some comments; it's misleading because Apple is rejecting some applications which use Dropbox. Or, rather, a single one that we know of. For a reason other than "Dropbox is used by the application", to boot. A better title would explain what…

I don't understand why this is linkbait? Apple is indeed rejecting apps which use Dropbox.

No. They are blocking applications which allow you to make purchases without using Apples in app purchasing system. See the difference ?

Re: Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

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Post by [deleted] »

AJ007 wrote: post #6

I can not be the only one thinking there is an antitrust issue here? I would guess the book thing means Apple is under quite a bit of scrutiny. While I'm not involved in mobile, I've had similar experiences for over half a decade dealing with the banal, highly questionable, and non-uniformly enforced rules Google imposes on its own advertisers. Some of the stuff is bad enough it makes you think it would fall under RI…

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Re: Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

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Post by [deleted] »

chc wrote: post #9
AJ007 wrote: post #6

I can not be the only one thinking there is an antitrust issue here? I would guess the book thing means Apple is under quite a bit of scrutiny. While I'm not involved in mobile, I've had similar experiences for over half a decade dealing with the banal, highly questionable, and non-uniformly enforced rules Google imposes on its own advertisers. Some of the stuff is bad enough it makes you think it would fall under RI…

AFAIK, it would only be an antitrust issue if it were shown to be anticompetitive. If Apple is a monopoly or acting as part of an illegal trust, yeah, they're going to get smacked down. But I think the general consensus is that Android is a credible competitor to iOS and Windows is a more-than-credible competitor to Mac OS X, so Apple is not a monopoly.

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Re: Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

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Post by taligent »

AJ007 wrote: post #6

I can not be the only one thinking there is an antitrust issue here? I would guess the book thing means Apple is under quite a bit of scrutiny. While I'm not involved in mobile, I've had similar experiences for over half a decade dealing with the banal, highly questionable, and non-uniformly enforced rules Google imposes on its own advertisers. Some of the stuff is bad enough it makes you think it would fall under RI…

1) Research antitrust. It doesn't mean what you think it means.

2) Apple has done nothing different than has been done before. It is an existing in app purchasing rule.

Re: Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

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Post by mattmillr »

devindotcom wrote: post #10
mattmillr wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As best I can tell, the title here is better than the title of the forum post ("The Horror." has been removed.) I think "Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox." reflects what's going on pretty well. Why do you disagree?

I don't think that's accurate. It would be like saying "Apple rejecting applications that use buttons" because the apps being rejected have buttons. I'm not saying Apple is doing a good thing here, but the blog post states that it also happens for Google accounts and presumably any other web service where you'd sign up via a browser. Sending people to the site for that purpose if the service is potentially a pay one…

I'll agree there are much more neutral & accurate titles that could be used, but given that the title is factual (For some reason, Apple has begun enforcing a policy that they were being selective about previously, and is now indeed rejecting apps that use Dropbox.) and the source is a post to the Dropbox developer forums (not a blog post.) I don't think this title is far enough off the mark to warrant changing it.

Linkbait might be "Apple still bitter Dropbox rejected buyout offer, bans API from App Store." ;)

Re: Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

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Post by kennywinker »

This has gone way too far. The other day I downloaded the Google Play Books app. I started it up, signed in.. and nothing. No prompt to go buy books online, no hint at what the app does... just a blank screen.

It's completely scummy. You can buy Apple's iCloud storage upgrade from within the OS, and now you can't even LINK to a place where you could link to a place where if you click the right link you could buy Dropbox storage.

Re: Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

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Post by kennywinker »

ihodes wrote: post #2

Flagged for the linkbait title (which is in fact the title of the forum post), but I'd love it if the title we just edited to actually reflect what was going on. Edit: To answer some comments; it's misleading because Apple is rejecting some applications which use Dropbox. Or, rather, a single one that we know of. For a reason other than "Dropbox is used by the application", to boot. A better title would explain what…

At least two devs in the linked-to thread claim that they have been rejected for the same reason.

Re: Apple rejecting applications which use Dropbox

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Post by antonID »

taligent wrote: post #13
tylermenezes wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why this is linkbait? Apple is indeed rejecting apps which use Dropbox.

No. They are blocking applications which allow you to make purchases without using Apples in app purchasing system. See the difference ?

...and using the Dropbox SDK is apparently violating that
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