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Apple Demands Removal Of USB Sharing Feature
- tptacek 17y agoA private API violation, not an epic dramatic struggle.
- gte910h 17y agoAn anti user private API violation retraction in an update. They missed the feature in the original approval, then took something away from people who already bought the app. They should be required to offer refunds when they force antifeatures on users such as this. Surely not everyone would take them, but some will
- Shamiq 17y agoIsn't Stanza a free app?
- Lazlo_Nibble 17y agoYes. It'll be interesting to see how the "duplicate functionality" rules of the App Store play out once Apple's ebook reader is available. They'll have to pry Eucalyptus from my cold, dead hands.
- gte910h 17y agoStanza is, several apps which have had the same thing happen to them are not however.
- GHFigs 17y agoDo you think it would be preferable if the application broke (or broke another application) unexpectedly at a later date due to an otherwise innocuous system software update?
- gte910h 17y agoYes. That would be preferable. Then there is a real change that necessitates this change.
- ellyagg 17y agoUnintended consequences. Such a policy would cause Apple to be even stricter and slower with App Store bureaucracy.
- jsz0 17y agoI would rather not have third party applications pollute my DCIM directly. Inevitably I will have to go back and clean up after them. I'm now wondering if this explains why I suddenly have broken/blank images showing up in iTunes from photo imports from my iPhone.
- mortenjorck 17y agoThis is the kind of innovative hack that I love to see invented but generally dislike actually using in real life. Ultimately, it's where the line is drawn between the iPhone and something like Android: The latter is infinitely hackable and open to elegant and kludgy solutions alike; the former requires everything to work within strict boundaries to keep the user experience as seamless as possible. Both have their benefits, a tradeoff of flexibility and stability. Which is why it's good that both are healthily competing in the marketplace.
- runn1ng 17y agoThe fact is, it actually makes the experience worse. I use Stanza, and it quite bugs me off, than I must do synchronizing songs (via iTunes) and synchronizing books (via Stanza) differently - one trough iTunes, one through wifi. With no good reason.