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Apple Removes Wi-Fi Finders From App Store
jasonbrown writes "Apple on Thursday began removing another category of apps from its iPhone App Store. This time, it's not porn, it's Wi-Fi. Apple removed several Wi-Fi apps commonly referred to as stumblers, or apps that seek out available Wi-Fi networks near your location. According to a story on Cult of Mac, apps removed by Apple include WiFi-Where, WiFiFoFum, and yFy Network Finder."
learn never to trust a closed platform.
Why do people insist on regurgitating the same inaccurate crap all the time?
iPhone OS is NOT a closed platform, for $160 I get a world class development environment and I can install and run what ever I want onto my iPhone or any of the devices owned by my co-workers or friends. I also get a world wide distribution network for Apps I choose to sell.
If I choose to jail break my device (which is a 10 minute process) I can install and run thousands of apps created by others around the world (cydia etc) including ones which use custom API's and undocumented features, they may feature backdoors, trojans and steal my credit card details, but it is open!
So Apple wants to make sure the Apps people sell in the iTunes store actually work, and will continue to work next week? Good on them, its obviously working for the consumers.
iTunes Store does not equal iPhone OS.
300 versions of the same app really don't count as "options".
And if you're going to advertise the WiFi function of your iPhone/iTouch/iPad, don't you think a "WiFi Finder" might be useful to your customers? That is, if you cared about your customers.
But I understand, node 3. You have to fly the flag.
You are welcome on my lawn.
because dumbass when someone applies the 4.0 update and your app stops working their going to bitch to Apple that 4.0 broke your app. Of course when you use improper APIs your app is broken to start with.
Oh, how cute. Whiny Mac fanboy confuses his own personal opinion with reality. Outside of your little bubble, the reality distortion field doesn't work so well: Windows is a huge success, and it works well most of the time.
Because we simply don't care? People here get so stressed about some of the most pedantic things. I use the WiFi outside my home once in a blue moon. It's just not that important since my data plan is unlimited. 3G is perfectly suitable for the occasional internet need while I'm at the doctors office, or sitting eating lunch and reading slashdot or some random news tidbit.
'Joe User' simply doesn't care as the functions and apps they have work just fine for day to day use. I shouldn't be surprised given the typical slashdot reader, but it's almost like there's a complete disconnect between the geeks and the typical user in here. Usually folks in here are a little more level headed to at least attempt to understand the general wants and needs of the non-nerd folk (outside of linux anyway..lol).
It like some sort of weird political extremist group in here lately. This whole Apple/Droid thing reminds me of the old Windows/Apple wars. It's become so polarized in here lately that people can't even state that they don't really care if it's a closed system, they just like the damn phone and geek ideals be damned.
Every iPhone topic turns into how Apple is evil (+1 insightful, yeah baby), and how we should despise them (+1 underrated), or their the new 'Microsoft' (+1 fanboi), even if these 'blocked' apps aren't even apps we use, or care about. You end up reading post after post about how we're missing out by not buying a droid, and we're mindless drones, ect, etc, ad-nauseum.
The very folks saying we're mindless drones just want us to become mindless droids. It's just turned into some weird caricature of South Park where the goths are running around calling everyone conformist, and stating you only need to wear dark clothes, listen to sad music, and hang out with the goth crowd to be non-conformists.
Whatever...
Yeah!
Why should someone else's expertise, hard work or effort be allowed to give them an advantage over you? It's not fair!
I really wish there was a way to mod your comment +1 Socialist.
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