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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.
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Perform review manipulation on your COMPETITOR and get them removed from the marketplace!
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In an attempt to gain attack surface malware spreaders will bang pretty hard at any input they can find. Having your developer account attacked/hijacked is pretty common.
Often this activity is mistaken for other malicious behavior and can get your account terminated.
Of course they matter! Now more than ever!
Perform review manipulation on your COMPETITOR and get them removed from the marketplace!
This is a real problem, obviously, with the security-through-obscurity system that fraud detection partially relies on. If they disclose precisely why they believe there is fraud, they help fraudsters in the future--but also will catch some false positives. There is also the business case--it costs money and time to seriously investigate and review a fraud detection case, and arguably it increases legal exposure.
Real lawyers write in C++
Dash is awesome, it doesn't need it's reviews to be padded. And the author is incredibly responsive, getting back to me on twitter questions really quickly. Sad to see what has to be a screwup by Apple cost the guy $$$.
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Don't forget that if you have an app, even an award winning top selling app, and suddenly apple decides to include all or even some of your apps functionality into anything apple makes, you get booted for duplication of function. So basically you're also an freebie product development and research group for apple that is liable to be terminated with prejudice at any time without warning. (Yes, it has happened multiple times.)
Breathe
Konfabulator
Patenting an app's features, using pictures of the app itself.
Examples of features taken from apps (not necessarily kicking them out)
Blog post of dev whose animated weather app was refused shortly before Apple implemented the same thing
I'm sure there's more, but it's too depressing to keep searching for them. Honestly, as an academic/scientific programmer I feel like I could never try to write a commercial application. Any idea you have is already present in an overbroad patent owned by someone with deeper pockets than you.
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