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Mentioning Android Is a No-No In iPhone App Store

Posted by kdawson on from the wash-your-mouth-out dept.

donberryman writes "Apple has told a software developer that its application cannot be included in the iPhone App Store if it mentions Google Android. The developer just wanted to mention that the app was a finalist in Google's Android Developer's Challenge." The developer complied with apparent good humor. Here is their blog post, which includes the text of the iPhone store's not-quite-rejection.

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  1. David or Goliath, Which One Today? by eldavojohn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So how is this developer's desire to port something from Android to the iPhone and advertise it different from Apple's desire to have Windows applications running on OSX and actively advertise it?

    Oh, now I get it. You push the little guys around when you're the big man on campus. Certainly is interesting I can find literature about Symbian on your site. Tell me, if a very popular Symbian or Blackberry app was ported to the iPhone, would you allow the developer to advertise it? Because I'm betting you would.

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  2. Re:Remember a time.. by bsDaemon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes, it does depend on what company does it. Anti-competitive behavior is legal until you're a monopoly, then its not. Doing things to undermine the competition is perfectly competitive until you're in a position where there is no more serious competition left in the market. Also, please be advised that the app store isn't the whole of "the market," the app store is apple's contribution to the market.

  3. New app submission by ArhcAngel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I wonder how a game where an archer (who just happens to look like a certain Android) shoots an Apple (that just happens to have a bite taken out of it) off of it's pedestal would be received? Hrmmmm...

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  4. Re:Uuuuh wrong? by Attila+Dimedici · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Right, they don't want their devlopers to realize that Google encourages and rewards outstanding developers.

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  5. Re:We're all mind readers by maxume · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've had it explained to me that it makes much more sense to build the metadata index on a powerful PC, rather than building the functionality into each mp3 player.

    My $40 sandisk indexes a couple of gigabytes in about 10 seconds, so I scratched my head too.

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  6. Re:We're all mind readers by timeOday · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Please. He hates Apple so much he was willing to spend several hundred dollars on one of their products.

    Obviously he didn't hate them until he experienced the product.

    After years of disinterest in Apple, I finally bought my wife an iPod because the treadmills at our gym have their crummy prioprietary dock. So I caved, and bought an iPod. And guess what, it still didn't work! Turns out Apple locked down the video output on newer models so they could control the sale of accessories, like $45 video-out cables. So I sold the new iPod on ebay, and bought an older iPod Video that works with the treadmill. It'll be a long time until I buy another Apple product in the absence of further coercion.

  7. Re:We're all mind readers by marcansoft · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You can. They tried really hard, not just by using proprietary everything but also using ridiculously obfuscated crypto, but we broke it again. No jailbreaking needed.

    For those who love magic 16-byte keys, the magic "freedom for Apple music players" number this time around is 618ca10dc7f57fd3b4723e08157463d7 ;)