Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
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Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
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Re: Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
#2He's also the developer behind the three20 project which Apple has recently been rejecting apps using three20 because it was supposedly using private APIs.
I can see how that can be frustrating to put in all that work in to develop a very valuable and powerful library and with the flick of a switch Apple makes your work almost useless.
Re: Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
#3I find the irony of a developer working for one of the biggest walled gardens on the internet complaining about walls around someone else's garden to be very deep into the pot/kettle/black territory...
Re: Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
#4Aside from obvious quality benefits, the review process is a good thing because it results in users having more trust in apps developed by relatively unknown developers/companies.
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#5This is really too bad. I use Facebook via the iPhone app more than the web interface. I can't wait to see what he does next.
Re: Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
#6I find the irony of a developer working for one of the biggest walled gardens on the internet complaining about walls around someone else's garden to be very deep into the pot/kettle/black territory...
Ummm, Facebook's wall is quite a bit less ominous than Apple's. You may want to return that irony to the store, they cheated you and watered it down.
Re: Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
#7Aside from obvious quality benefits, the review process is a good thing because it results in users having more trust in apps developed by relatively unknown developers/companies.
I'm not sure all of us see the quality benefits quite so obviously. Are you implying that dictionaries with censored words are better quality?
Re: Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
#8I find the irony of a developer working for one of the biggest walled gardens on the internet complaining about walls around someone else's garden to be very deep into the pot/kettle/black territory...
Ummm, Facebook's wall is quite a bit less ominous than Apple's. You may want to return that irony to the store, they cheated you and watered it down.
Collecting intimate personal details and selling it to advertisers is less ominous than screening apps to ensure quality?
Re: Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ummm, Facebook's wall is quite a bit less ominous than Apple's. You may want to return that irony to the store, they cheated you and watered it down.
Collecting intimate personal details and selling it to advertisers is less ominous than screening apps to ensure quality?
I thought they shut down that program recently?
Re: Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
#10He's also the developer behind the three20 project which Apple has recently been rejecting apps using three20 because it was supposedly using private APIs. I can see how that can be frustrating to put in all that work in to develop a very valuable and powerful library and with the flick of a switch Apple makes your work almost useless.
more information regarding app store rejections: http://groups.google.com/group/three20/browse_thread/thread/...
app store safe fork: http://github.com/uprise78/three20-P31