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Spotify Wins iPhone App Store Approval

Posted by timothy on from the there's-a-cream-for-that dept.

angry tapir writes "Apple has approved a streaming music application from Spotify for use on the iPhone, even though the program will compete with Apple's own iTunes service. Spotify is an advertising-supported music service that lets end-users stream music to their computers free of charge. The service is available in the U.K. and by invitation in countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, France and Spain. Users can opt to pay for a version of the service without ads." The BBC also has a story on the app's acceptance.

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  1. Apple, the new microsoft.... by timmarhy · · Score: -1, Troll

    and people say MS are the devil for bundling. atleast they've never prevented other peoples apps from being installed under windows.

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  2. Re:Impressed by Spotify, but Apple? by whisper_jeff · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unfortunately, I've got the distinct impression that Apple approved this app because it was poised to give them a lot of bad press if they didn't approve it. Maybe if their track record for app approval was a bit better, I'd be throwing kudos Apple's way, but at this point I'm pretty jaded.

    Of course you're jaded because it's now en vogue to hate on Apple, the iPhone, and the app store. I mean, after all, they've sold/given away over a billion apps and have approved over 65,000 apps, but hey, their track record for app approval should be a bit better, right?

    Let me say that last fact again - approved over 65,000 apps. Yes, there have been some apps that weren't approved along the way but I think it's insincere to imply they have a bad track record when, clearly, the vast majority of apps submitted for approval do get approved.

    But, yeah, let's continue hating on Apple because that's the cool thing geeks do now. Let's continue implying that Apple regularly doesn't approve apps when there's no evidence to suggest such beyond a few rare and interesting apps that fail to get approved. Let's deny the facts that are right in front of us and instead buy into the FUD (I'm sure some marketing people at Microsoft are LOVING this).

    I'm sure you'll ignore my post and write me off as an Apple fanboi...