iPhone App In App Store Limbo Open Sourced

recoiledsnake writes "The author of iPhone prototyping tool Briefs has decided to open source it after the App store submission has been in limbo for over three months. The app had got into trouble for what Apple believes is being able to run interpreted code, though the author denies it, saying all the compiling happens on the Mac. While Rob stays civil, his co-worker blasts Apple for not even rejecting the app. Three months is nothing compared to Google Voice for the iPhone though, which is still being studied further by Apple after more than a year."

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Strange

[dissy]

One would think he could easily cross to the dark side, and release his app in the Rock store, or the Cydia store.

In fact, I would be surprised if someone doesn't take the code, compile the app, and release it as a .deb anyways.

But using the Cydia store features the developer could still make quite a bit of money.
Sure, it limits your app to jailbroken devices, but that is a very large number of devices compared to zero as the current situation goes.

I'm sure he has his reasons and all, I am just curious what they might be.

Re:Why really does Apple behave this way?

[Anonymous Coward]

What even bugles my mind is the fact that Apple as a company is [still] a darling in many people's hearts. No bad publicity sticks.

I bugled your mother!

Re:Apple rapes customers!

[DeBaas]

This is the same Apple news as always. When will Slashdot learn these people enjoy being raped by Steve Jobs and stop wasting time on crApple?

When we stop being entertained by bitching about it...

apple

[oliverthered]

a-pull
a-poll
a-p-holl
a-p-hole.
a-hole.

iBored

[Zemran]

I like all the off topic posts that make me realise that people are finally bored with the iPhone hype. It looks great but is a pile a poo that has you locked in... Why do all the sheeple have to own one?

Re:Why really does Apple behave this way?

[PopeRatzo]

When you've got a market locked down, people think buying your products will make them cool, and you've closed everything off so the only way out is to avoid apple - then you can afford to (mis)treat people anyway you want.

It's not only that.

Apple has had tons of cash on hand since the end of the 20th century. They are hoarding wealth and don't even pay a dividend on their stock. Unfortunately, making and selling things is only part of their business model.

They are the poster boys for why the US should have what's known as an "excessive earnings tax". That means, when a company is just hoarding cash so they can buy competitors and suppliers. It's an extremely effective way to stimulate the economy and is also a tax that no company has to pay, because as soon as the tax goes into effect (usually at about 25% of "excessive earnings") the company announces a dividend on their stock, which takes that money from being in a big mattress at Apple so it ends up in the hands of shareholders, retirees, etc. Also, it encourages companies to hire workers instead of just demanding more work out of their current employees, which is standard operating procedure circa 2010.

There are a bunch of big companies (most of them much much bigger than Apple) that are hoarding earnings (not profits, mind, but earnings) while the economy collapses around them. It's the inevitable result of what we call "free markets".

So, in summary, Apple can act like assholes because their business model is based on being assholes, not making and selling great products. That's not to say whether or not they actually do make great products, just that making great products is not really their business model.

Re:Why really does Apple behave this way?

[Moryath]

You're counting on Wikipedia for your sources?

Sorry. [[BETTER CITATION FROM SOMETHING REMOTELY ACCURATE NEEDED]].

And irony of ironies, putting that into "wikipedia-sarcasm" format causes Slashdot's braindead filter to think it's "yelling."

Re:Why really does Apple behave this way?

[M. D. Kristopeit]

Wrong. i have dozens of relatives with windows (XP, Vista, 7), and dozens more with OS X. lately most have mac laptops and keep their old windows desktops around.

i've never once been asked to fix a mac os x malware problem. i'm asked constantly to fix problems with windows malware problems... more with windows 7 every day. still NONE with OS X.

you're an idiot or a liar... your choice to use the word "imagine" when talking about your fictional reality convinces me you're a liar who is idiotic at lying. imagine if you weren't.

Re:Why really does Apple behave this way?

[M. D. Kristopeit]

yes, really. your quotes are incomplete and out of context. i'm pointing out your lack of ethics or integrity. find the one that meets my description... there a 3, a child should have been able to do it.

i don't think the next thing you say will be any more non-ignorant that anything else you've ever said.

keep preaching and not pointing out facts. keep doing it in your signature. keep allowing individuals to treat their bodies as a responsibility of the state and not their own. you are inhuman.

you are NOTHING.

Re:Why really does Apple behave this way?

[M. Kristopeit]

i proved your point to me? that doesn't make sense ... MY POINT IS YOU ARE NOTHING.

you are the worst kind of idiot.

Re:Why really does Apple behave this way?

[Kristopeit, M. D.]

you are NOTHING