I wouldn't expect the average application reviewer to know what "bitwise" means. If he responded explaining it and they still didn't allow it that would be worthy of a rant.
Why Apple Nixed My iPhone App
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#12Perhaps this is really naive, but why haven't any lawsuits been brought up regarding the app store? Maybe they have but I haven't heard of them?
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, this is fascism in miniature. Imagine a large scale experiment on that philosophy. Welcome to Italy, circa 1919.
So, any system with a bunch of rules, like Apple Application process if fascism? Apple has these rules, they pointed it out to the developer, and let him resubmit his application. Only a complete moron would compare this to fascism and what happened in Italy. I guess it is only a certain law stopping you from comparing them to another figure.
No a system where the local police/magistrate is allowed to interpret the rules however they wish and you aren't allowed to question them, ask for an explanation, appeal to a higher authority or have any sort of representation is facism.
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#14Why didn't they just approve the app and remove the incriminated keyword?
Because business doesn't work like that. You can't go around changing someone application, or removing words from the description that you don't like. That is really bad. They have given the guy the option to resubmit, so all that happens is his app is a couple of weeks late.
Right.
On the other hand, in this case it was a search keyword, not a word in the description.
They could add a disclaimer to reserve the right to remove inappropriate keywords.
Asking the developer to do so and resubmit the app is a waste of time for both parties.
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#15Perhaps this is really naive, but why haven't any lawsuits been brought up regarding the app store? Maybe they have but I haven't heard of them?
How would you build a legal basis for asserting that you have a right to force Apple to accept, approve and distribute your software against their desires?
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, this is fascism in miniature. Imagine a large scale experiment on that philosophy. Welcome to Italy, circa 1919.
Luckily it's just a cell phone and there are plenty of alternatives.
Unfortunately, as a market, the iPhone app store is fairly unique.
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#17I'm so bored of the YAIDC syndrome (yet another iPhone developer complaining) here on HN...
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#18Perhaps this is really naive, but why haven't any lawsuits been brought up regarding the app store? Maybe they have but I haven't heard of them?
How would you build a legal basis for asserting that you have a right to force Apple to accept, approve and distribute your software against their desires?
Especially when you signed away all those rights in the developer agreement (or so I've been told).
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#19The real issue is that there is no discussion happening between Apple's AppStore approval staff and the developers. If there was 2-way communication between the two the developer would know fairly quickly whether or not this was Apple having an over-reachingly broad policy, or just an Apple employee misinterpreting the policy. I think that Apple is running into the same problem that the patent office has. Everybody c…
The real issue is that there is no discussion happening between Apple's AppStore approval staff and the developers
From outward appearances it doesn't look like the AppStore reviewers are even talking to each other! Each one is zealously applying their own capricious interpretation of the policies to deny apps.
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#20I wouldn't expect the average application reviewer to know what "bitwise" means. If he responded explaining it and they still didn't allow it that would be worthy of a rant.
the average application reviewer that is also looking at api calls and other internals of applications?