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The "mysteriously" qualifier seems to be sarcasm by the part of the original submitter on reddit. He seems to be implying that, by being a former Google employe

The "mysteriously" qualifier seems to be sarcasm by the part of the original submitter on reddit. He seems to be implying that, by being a former Google employee, this person is getting a pass or using inside information to skirt around the system. Quoting from the post: > Here is proof SongFlip was released by someone who used to work for Google: > His Linkedin and Google+ Profiles list prior employment by Google: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdo https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdo and https://plus.google.com/+RobertDo/about https://plus.google.com/+RobertDo/about > He mentions he created SongFlip here: http://www.meetup.com/The-Brooklyn-iPhone-and-iPad-Developer-Meetup/members/64827092/ http://www.meetup.com/The-Brooklyn-iPhone-and-iPad-Developer... > His Twitter shows extensive SongFlip testing: https://twitter.com/robertdo https://twitter.com/robertdo > His company "Hype Reactor, Inc.": http://www.bizapedia.com/ca/HYPE-REACTOR-INC.html http://www.bizapedia.com/ca/HYPE-REACTOR-INC.html > The "Hype Reactor, Inc." developer account shows SongFlip was uploaded to it before being removed: https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/publisher/hype-reactor-inc./ https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/publisher/hype-reactor-inc... The conclusion of his post seems to be in line with that: > My question is why is Google allowing SongFlip to break so many rules? Could it be the case that the SongFlip creator, who is a former Google employee, is using contacts within Google to prevent it from being taken down despite so many violations? We can only speculate... > By mysteriously allowing it to continue breaking rules and violate intellectual property and ignoring all reports against the app, Google has allowed it to quickly become the #16 Overall app in the USA, which means it is making over $30,000 per day in ad revenue and is as popular as Spotify (#14 Overall app).

rtkwe 11y ago
I think that anyone could probably do the same things that SongFlip is doing. The dev is just slipping through unnoticed because Google isn't particularly vigilant about making sure bans stick because it'd be an annoying overhead and would block some people from getting to upload that might make great apps. As for the ToS violation clause I think that's there for when they receive complaint from the 3rd party, they don't want to go through every app and figure out all the 3rd party application it's using and how then go to each of those sites and parse their ToS. Does Apple even do that in their review process? That'd be a hell of a lot of work.
DannyBee 11y ago
"The "mysteriously" qualifier seems to be sarcasm by the part of the original submitter on reddit. He seems to be implying that, by being a former Google employee, this person is getting a pass or using inside information to skirt around the system. " Considering Robert was a product marketing manager, and thus, would not have had access to much, it's a pretty silly guess.
- st3v3r 11y ago
  He'd have access to people. He might know some of the people who's heads would need to look the other way for this to happen.
  - DannyBee 11y ago
    ???? Not really, they aren't even in the same org and are in buildings far far away from each other .... It's unlikely he would have ever met them

rtkwe 11y ago

I think that anyone could probably do the same things that SongFlip is doing. The dev is just slipping through unnoticed because Google isn't particularly vigilant about making sure bans stick because it'd be an annoying overhead and would block some people from getting to upload that might make great apps. As for the ToS violation clause I think that's there for when they receive complaint from the 3rd party, they don't want to go through every app and figure out all the 3rd party application it's using and how then go to each of those sites and parse their ToS. Does Apple even do that in their review process? That'd be a hell of a lot of work.

DannyBee 11y ago

"The "mysteriously" qualifier seems to be sarcasm by the part of the original submitter on reddit. He seems to be implying that, by being a former Google employee, this person is getting a pass or using inside information to skirt around the system. " Considering Robert was a product marketing manager, and thus, would not have had access to much, it's a pretty silly guess.

st3v3r 11y ago
He'd have access to people. He might know some of the people who's heads would need to look the other way for this to happen.
- DannyBee 11y ago
  ???? Not really, they aren't even in the same org and are in buildings far far away from each other .... It's unlikely he would have ever met them