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Apple Rejects iPhone App As Competitive To iTunes

Posted by kdawson on from the walled-garden dept.

DaveyJJ sends news of yet another rejection of an iPhone app by Apple, with perhaps a chilling twist for potential developers of productivity or utility apps. John Gruber of Daring Fireball writes: "Let's be clear: forbidding 'duplication of functionality' is forbidding competition. The point of competition is to do the same thing, but better." Paul Kafasis (co-founder of Rogue Amoeba Software) makes the point that this action by Apple will scare talented developers away from the iPhone platform. And Dave Weiner argues that the iPhone isn't a "platform" at all: "The idea that it's a platform should mean no individual or company has the power to turn you off."

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  1. Re:It is not an open platform by mgabrys_sf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You will comment on something you aren't "interested" in. Funny - most fuckers don't bother with threads they have no interest in. Almost like you're a sterile nerd fag loser. This of course amuses me. Keep it up.

  2. Re:One Can Hope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Which is what Apple is all about, stifling competition.

  3. Damn them for making products people love! by Calledor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Damn them for not selling or giving out competing products in their store. Tomorrow I shall trundle down to the local Lexus dealership and give them what ho! My desire to buy a BMW there should be paramount! Why no I don't own any stock in BMW's parent company! Gracious! Seriously, since when did coattail riders get to play the free speech righteous card? No one is stopping anyone from going out and making a better product for another device. Go use your tools to build a bridge and get over it.

  4. Re:One Can Hope by Toll_Free · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't have either of those problems, but then, I don't install every application I can find over bittorrent, either.

    It's simple. Don't use substandard hardware you buy at (insert chain here) in the bargain bin, and windows won't crash. Don't buy a 3 dollar 1 gig xSD card at Longs Drugs, and you won't have failing ram problems.

    I never understood the people that stand up, bitch the loudest, only to find out they are trying to get their 4 megabyte RAM AGP card to work on Vista....

    Dog slow and unreliable. Sounds like... An IPhone Luser?

    --Toll_Free