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Apple Censors App Store Rejection Notices

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-they-can dept.

isBandGeek() writes "After a few reasonable App Store bans, such as the ones on I Am Rich and NetShare, developers started complaining about excessive restrictions on applications like Podcaster and MailWrangler, supposedly because they provided 'duplicate functionality.' In response, Apple rubbed salt in their wounds by slapping non-disclosure agreements on application rejection notices. Now developers are not even allowed to tell their fanbase that Apple decided to withhold approval for an application. Is Apple confident that Google's open platform Android won't be much of a threat?"

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  1. Re:well by ozphx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I say "Hey Idaho, if you want to use these tools, then you have to promise not to talk about any emails you get from me regarding them."

    You say "Sure, man". Then later you try to claim that you didn't really mean the bit about not talking about emails from me. Hey, its an agreement. No backsies. Don't like it, GTFO.

    Either that or you can claim you took the software from their website without the agreement. IIRC that opens you up to all the nasties of Illegal Access To Another Mans Internets (5 years jail) or Digital Trespass As In Bits And Bytes And Not Really Finger In The Ass, But You May Get That With (2 years in jail).

    --
    3laws: No freebies, no backsies, GTFO.
  2. What? by KiwiCanuck · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple is more Draconian than Microsoft ever was. So, what's the problem? ~:-)

  3. itunes small player? by redhound1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not sure where you get your information, but as of Spring of 2008, iTunes is the largest retailer of music in the US. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080402-apple-passes-wal-mart-now-1-music-retailer-in-us.html The reason the platform needs to be iTunes compatible is because iTunes is the reason people buy ipods and even the iPhone. There have been many great mp3 players, but they always get crushed by Apple. Apple currently has 73% of the mp3 player market not because of the hardware,but because of the whole experience. The iTunes front end just makes it easy and easy sells. I'm interested in the Android phone, but if its like using most open source products, I'll stay with the iPhone and AT&T. I don't have the time to search for plug-ins and different software projects to make most open source projects work. And I'm sure the phone will be in "beta" for the next 10 years! You get what you pay for as they say.

  4. Dance, Fanboy, Dance by Xanthvar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All right apple fanboys, lets here your response on this one.