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Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store (kapeli.com)
Popular API documentation browser Dash was pulled from the App Store this week after a routine migration request, its developer Bogdan Popescu wrote in a blog post. He said the migration was successful, but some features in iTunes Connect weren't available during account migration, Apple warned him. Later in the day, Apple sent another email saying the app has been pulled because of "fraudulent conduct," and did not offer any explanation. From the post: Today I called them and they confirmed my account migration went through and that everything is okay as far as they can tell. A few hours ago I received a "Notice of Termination" email, saying that my account was terminated due to fraudulent conduct. I called them again and they said they can't provide more information. Update: Apple contacted me and told me they found evidence of App Store review manipulation. This is something I've never done. Apple's decision is final and can't be appealed.Apple blogger Federico Viticci said. "This seems like a major screwup. Apple dev relationships should fix this soon." Marco Arment, the co-founder of Tumblr and founder of Instapaper, said This is a story with two major paths: Either the developer did something to deserve the rug being pulled out from under, something worthy of their developer credentials being cancelled. Or there's a colossal misunderstanding here. I suspect there's more to this than meets the eye. Either way, don't think this is the way this should have played out.
Of course they matter! Now more than ever!
Perform review manipulation on your COMPETITOR and get them removed from the marketplace!
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You might be a moron and i'm not going to care how you got screwed.
You buy into a locked in ecosystem and encourage a single gatekeeper...
It's like having 15 RAID disks plugged into one computer that has the encryption key. If that computer goes down, your 15 RAID disks are useless.
At least if he was booted out of literally any other apps store, he could:
a) sell it by himself.
b) sell it on alternate app stores
c) give it away for free.
It is not reasonable to have faith in a system where public decisions are taken for secret reasons which result in well-known public disastrous outcomes.
Other than faith that the results will be terrible.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
As an independent the Apple eco system is a minefield.
You can't base a business on an environment that is so perniciously hostile.
If they don't like what you're doing it's off with their head, if they really like what you're doing they just might steal it.
You also get to pay through the nose for the privilege of being treated like crap.
I knew to avoid them.
Sad to see what has to be a screwup by Apple cost the guy $$$.
That's just part of the risk of being an Apple developer. If they want to do something arbitrary or capricious and destroy your entire business, there's often nothing you can do about it.
They can even choose to compete with you and do the same thing. Call it anti-competitive or whatever, but anybody basing their business on the good will and fortunes of another business may get a temporary high but everybody knows there's going to be an end to that status at some point. Specialization / generalization is always a trade-off with risks and rewards.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
Developing for Apple is increasingly becoming a pain in the ass. Between their draconian App Store policies and busted-ass development tools (Xcode 8 & Swift 3), I'm seriously considering moving to Android for future mobile projects...
Unfortunate fact of life: If your entire revenue stream is based on someone else's infrastructure (like the App Store), you are completely at another non-interested party's mercy. Same goes for all these apps and sites that repackage other content, all it takes is one change upstream and you're screwed.
This is what you get for playing in the walled garden.
If the garden's owner decides you're done, poof, you're standing at the gate and they're telling you to fuck off and go away.
It can be for any reason or no reason.
Of COURSE Apple has their reasons. But do you expect them to truly be HONEST about it?
Basically two scenarios here.
First, Apple's decided they dislike the tech/functionality this app is using/exposing. So they're killing it with fire as an unsubtle message to other app devs to Do Not Do This.
Second, Apple's decided they like the tech/functionality this app is using/exposing. So they're killing it with fire so that, down the road, they can create an app of their own, with similar functionality and claim to have invented it.
Either way, Apple fuck-yous an independent developer.
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!