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Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:17 AM UTC

asdfologist wrote: post #19

With all their patent trolling and absurd tyrannical control over the app store, I have no idea why so many tech-saavy people still love Apple.

I love Apple for OSX, which so far remains at least as open as Windows and more pleasant to use. My phone is an Android, though. OSX and iOS are starting to seem like different companies these days.

Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by ps4fanboy » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:17 AM UTC

Apple keeps chipping away at that good will.

Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by ps4fanboy » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:17 AM UTC

Apple keeps chipping away at that good will.

Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by drawkbox » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:18 AM UTC

pazimzadeh wrote: post #11

By Apple's logic the app Everyday should not have been accepted: http://everyday-app.com/

Apple likes you to integrate platform features though, that is heavily tied to the camera.

Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by mrharrison » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:21 AM UTC

In all fairness, I'm confused about what the app does. What do the colors represent? What is the y axis? etc.. Could insert a legend and some labels to make it more clear. But I could be wrong and the screenshots don't accurately depict the app. Also the Hueman ID is a bit clinical/sterile and I would say doesn't represent a good user experience, because it doesn't provide me with anything useful only a question mark. But again, this is from just seeing the screenshots. Look forward to downloading the app! Neat idea!

Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by jarsj » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:21 AM UTC

Just wondering if you appealed and what was the response ?

Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by tomasien » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:23 AM UTC

drawkbox wrote: post #28

xur17 wrote: post #4

I wonder if it was partially rejected due to the use of 'webviews'.

Silly but this could be part of it. Apple directs people that just make an app that is a phonegap wrapper of a website to just make a website. I have seen apps be rejected for just being website wrappers or webview apps without other integration points. The fact that it doesn't tie in any services is also sometimes a factor. Integration of iCloud, GameCenter, etc always make for an easier review time.

I've submitted at least 10 apps to the app store that were just a webview wrapper, no problems. Anecdotal but, there you go.

Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by stefan_kendall » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:24 AM UTC

I fought the same fucking battle. Just keep appealing and cross your fingers you find a reviewer who isn't a dipshit.

Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by piyush_soni » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:29 AM UTC

tomasien wrote: post #24

asdfologist wrote: post #19

With all their patent trolling and absurd tyrannical control over the app store, I have no idea why so many tech-saavy people still love Apple.

We love what Apple did for the industry, we love using their products, we have varying levels of problems with them as a company. Some are very high, some are low, but that's unrelated to what you're perceiving, which is a love of what they did for the industry and the products that we use.

> which is a love of what they did for the industry

Like promoting useless patent litigations of 'rounded corners', 'slide to unlock' nature?

Re: We made something. We use it. We love it. Apple rejected it

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Post by m0dest » Thu, Feb 13, 2014, 4:30 AM UTC

Not everything can be as deep as Flappy Bird.