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I love these guys. They have tons of other shitty/scammy apps: - Fruit Defense (ripoff of Fruit Ninja): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fruit-defense/id527599882?mt=... - File Manager (a game!): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/file-manager/id529097807?mt=8 - Orient Fight (icon is a ripoff of Temple Run's): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oriental-fight/id527894964?mt... - F1 Birdie Driver (bird looks like an angry bird)…
You feel that Apple should reject "every single shitty app"? Really? You do realize that such things are subjective, right?
I just don't think they should be doing it so half-assedly... Either don't reject apps that fall short of some stupid 'guideline', or add 'don't produce scammy/confusing apps' to your 'rules' and reject such apps. There are hundreds of apps on the App Store, allegedly allowing you to record your phone calls. Only 1 of them works as far as I've heard (and that works by adding another remote listener to the conversation, in conference mode), or thousands of scammy apps that are supposed to let you change wallpapers, screen savers, put notes in 'lock screen', warm up your hands (by emitting ultra-something rays out of screen!), put more than 4 icons in the dock, create password-protected folders, blacklist phone numbers, auto-response to SMS, you name it. I think every single one of these apps should be removed from the App Store.
Apple, just a few days ago, also approved (and pulled once there was a lot of online press being caused by it) a fake Cydia. (Cydia is the alternative to the app store that distributes substrate extensions for jailbroken devices.) A bunch of people bought it and then left reviews saying that they had been ripped off. http://cache.saurik.com/tinyimg/cydiascam.png
I love these guys. They have tons of other shitty/scammy apps: - Fruit Defense (ripoff of Fruit Ninja): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fruit-defense/id527599882?mt=... - File Manager (a game!): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/file-manager/id529097807?mt=8 - Orient Fight (icon is a ripoff of Temple Run's): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oriental-fight/id527894964?mt... - F1 Birdie Driver (bird looks like an angry bird)…
I love these reviews of F1 Birdie Driver: ---------- Wow! by {{{Indie_John}}} (Five Stars) Surprising control system! It's cool, that you can steer. Birds! by david35689 (Five Stars) It's so cool, that birds are in racing game now! Worthless by Jim hannoonen (One Star) Horrible game! Total waste of money. ---------- Someone should release a game called "Spot The Fake Review".
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Then don't buy an iOS device.
Did you forget about the Cydia marketplace & jailbroken iPhones?
- a carefully groomed, public facing store monitored by apple (they have already)
- allow other app stores for non-monopolistic competition (eg: Amazon's android store)
- allow developers to use DRM on their apps
- allow app files to be loaded manually by the user
Description:
Every modern person some time or other is faced with Microsoft Office Word. However not everyone knows it to perfection! "How quickly can you page numbering?" How about adding and changing the page header? If takes more than a minute, this program is for you! Now you always have a list of tips which makes any Microsoft Office task easy and simple.
Seems like the developer tried to make this version of Word less sucky...
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I don't know what they're doing. But I think it must be something really complex as my last application needed 13 days to get "in review" status and then 18 days more to get approved. Feels good paying those $100 every year ...
You could just stop developing for Apple. I hear Android is an "open" platform.
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That's fairly obvious to us. The problem is that Apple have created an environment where people are encouraged not to use their faculties. Apple insist on acting the way they do with the store, so it falls to them to make sure crap like this never sees the light of day. I mean really, which member of the Apple team allowed Word 2012 through?
Probably near closing time and failing to meet quota... I mean, with the number of apps they have to check, it must be a sweatshop.