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Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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I'm curious why this was banned from iTunes. Does anyone know if this is against a specific rule, or if it was a subjective decision?

2.1 Apps that crash will be rejected 8-) Actually, 13. Damage to device 13.1 Apps that encourage users to use an Apple Device in a way that may cause damage to the device will be rejected

Cool, thanks.

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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I hope they have a standing connection to the server during the throw and detect ... disconnects. That way, they could detect crashes and give approximate credit for the height. I don't want to throw my phone high into the air, watch it go to pieces and not even get a high score.

Plus they would be able to keep a total count of destroyed phones, which would be quite interesting. "This app has destroyed ??? phones."

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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It really bothers me that Apple banned an app like this. Just allow people to be idiotic. There's even a disclaimer after all... As for the app itself, cool! I'm glad somebody had the audacity to ship something as outrageous as this. I don't think it will get much of a following, but I suppose if you really don't care about your phone or you're really confident in catching this could be a cool, reckless waste of 10 m…

Maybe because Apple might need to fix the phones? Or their carriers insurance providers would?

Re: Here's the Most Idiotic and Brilliant App Ever

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It really bothers me that Apple banned an app like this. Just allow people to be idiotic. There's even a disclaimer after all... As for the app itself, cool! I'm glad somebody had the audacity to ship something as outrageous as this. I don't think it will get much of a following, but I suppose if you really don't care about your phone or you're really confident in catching this could be a cool, reckless waste of 10 m…

They sell phone warranties for damaged phones so it's a fairly direct conflict of interest.

Also "13.1 Apps that encourage users to use an Apple Device in a way that may cause damage to the device will be rejected"

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