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is Apple allowed to pick and choose whom they want to enforce that clause on? Of course they are. And as long as your interests are aligned with that of Apple
by andreyf 17y ago
is Apple allowed to pick and choose whom they want to enforce that clause on?
Of course they are. And as long as your interests are aligned with that of Apple (making high quality apps and selling them for lots of $), they'll keep being approved.
- barrkel 17y agoHigh quality apps that make lots of $ is not enough. The clause isn't about quality. You need to not be competing in a strategically important area to Apple, and the $ amount must exceed Apple's estimation of its opportunity costs of letting you proceed and potentially not doing something else. What I think this clause indicates is that Apple believes competition at the API and language level is strategically important. Otherwise it wouldn't have been worded the way it is. What I personally believe is that Apple wants to do a Microsoft the way MS did back in the 90s. Apple wants to lock developers in by forcing them to rely on Apple APIs, and not get creative with the language to evade those APIs.