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Apple Bans Android Magazine App From App Store

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the every-day-a-little-more-evil dept.

recoiledsnake writes "Apple dialed its battle with Android up a notch today by banning an Android magazine app from its App Store, leaving no way for users to install the app on iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches without jailbreaking. The reason for rejection, as given by an Apple rep, was: 'You know... your magazine...It's just about Android.... we can't have that in our App Store.' The bi-monthly publication — the Android counterpart to an iPhone magazine Dixon began putting out earlier this year — launched Nov. 11. 'It's funny really because I don't think we would sell many magazines on Android through Apple App Store,' Dixon told Media Watch. 'But the question is where this is going.' This comes on the heels of Jobs lashing out at Android, calling it fragmented, and its patent attacks on Android."

11 of 574 comments (clear)

  1. Evil by hjf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple is the new Microsoft :)

    But Google is evil.

  2. Re:Apple getting desperate? by clang_jangle · · Score: 0, Troll

    Really? Desperation? Is that what it is? And is that why we don't see more BK ads in McD's? Or Macy's promos at Marshall's? **rolls eyes**

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    Caveat Utilitor
  3. While were at it? by grapeape · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why doesn't Amazon allow Borders banner ads, why is there no Engadget section on Slashdot, and why cant I subscribe to Sony's Qore magazine on Xbox Live? Most companies dont care to cater to their competition, its not fear its logic.

    1. Re:While were at it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      You dipshit cocksucker. Your analogy is fucking terrible. This is more like Microsoft refusing to allow competitors programs run on windows. Dickhead.

  4. Re:Apple getting desperate? by mark72005 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The main thing I think about this is "Why would an iPhone user waste their time on this app?"

  5. Revenge? Vendication? by Coolhand2120 · · Score: 0, Troll

    And just yesterday I was modded troll for saying Apple is lying, underhanded and only after your money.

    NOW THE FOOT IS ON THE OTHER SHOE EH COMRAD!11!!

  6. Re:Apple getting desperate? by tepples · · Score: -1, Troll

    iFans would shit a golden brick if Microsoft banned iTunes from Windows 7

    iTunes is already banned from Windows Phone 7 because Windows Phone 7 runs only verifiably type-safe CIL, and iTunes, which I assume is written in Objective-C, doesn't compile to verifiably type-safe CIL.

  7. Re:Apple getting desperate? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Trying to install an HP printer driver? No, not approved. Trying to install Microsoft Media Player? No

    Bad examples. Those would be a GOOD things for Dell to block.

  8. Re:Apple getting desperate? by tepples · · Score: 0, Troll

    Windows Phone 7 isn't Windows 7.

    And iOS isn't Mac OS X.

    I strongly suspect Apple would be very welcome to write a version of iTunes for Windows Phone 7.

    But would Microsoft would be very welcome to write a version of Windows Media Player and Zune Store for iOS? Or would that duplicate functionality in a prohibited way?

  9. iTunes Store runs on iDevices by tepples · · Score: 0, Troll

    You don't run iTunes on iPhone either, you know?

    I was referring to the subset of iTunes Store that runs on the iDevice.

  10. Model-view-controller by tepples · · Score: -1, Troll

    iTunes is simply not written for Windows Phone 7 yet.

    Ideally, the versions of an application that run on different platforms should share whatever code isn't related to the user interface or other input and output. This should be straightforward with a multitier architecture, such as the model-view-controller model, as long as different platforms can run code written in the same language. But is it even possible to write an app for Windows Phone 7 and an app for Carbon, Cocoa, or Cocoa Touch that share any of their code base?