For awhile when apps were kicked off of the App Store, no one had any idea why, at least until several days following their removal. But one developer just received an email that indicates apps need to serve a purpose or perform a significant enough function to be accepted to the App Store.
Check out the full letter after the cut.
“Hello Developer,
We’ve reviewed your application Pull My Finger. We have determined that this application is of limited utility to the broad iPhone and iPod touch user community, and will not be published to the App Store.
It may be very appropriate to share with friends and family, and we recommend you review the Ad Hoc method on the Distribution tab of the iPhone Developer Portal for details on distributing this application among a small group of people of your choosing.
Regards,
Victor Wang
Worldwide Developer Relations
Apple, Inc.”
Kind of a strange way to monitor which apps are accepted and which ones aren’t, don’t you think? Could fall into a potential censorship area maybe. We’ll have to see how that works.
[via MacRumors]
Apple’s system does not work–that’s how!
Have you seen the pot sold app, that weird little pond with fish in it?
How useful is that but people love it.
I know the guy wrote a silly app that farts and althou in my humble his app is disgusting, Apple’s decision to ban it is even more so!
what the hell – this is just stupid
it’s hard enough to find useful apps. i’m glad they are screening them if just a little bit. a better classification system or better app spotlights would be a better solution. it’s not going to be worth even looking for apps when there are 10,000+ of them.
what about “im a rich” app??
I have to say, I can not agree with you in 100%, but that’s just my opinion, which indeed could be very wrong.
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