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I think I know what happened - this is the fallout from iPad facebook story. On day one of iPad there was some app called "Facebook" for $3 which wasn't really
by DenisM 17y ago
I think I know what happened - this is the fallout from iPad facebook story.
On day one of iPad there was some app called "Facebook" for $3 which wasn't really the app from Facebook itself, but some dude making a quick buck. Apparently some big wig then issued instructions "clear up our name usage on iPad/iPhone" and someone else implemented it via
SEND_TAKEDOWN_NOTICE(query("SELECT * FROM apps WHERE name LIKE '%facebook%'")).
- Sam_Odio 17y agoThat sounds plausible but it still sucks. Affected developers should email me with details: so@facebook.tld. I can't promise that I'll be able to do anything but I'll try to be your advocate within the company.
- theBobMcCormick 17y agoI thought the iPhone app approval process was supposed to prevent that kind of thing?
- DenisM 17y agoApple will do the basic, honest attempt to prevent trampling on others trademarks but it's not an outright bannination. In general with social networking its a gray area - if an app is a twitter client does it have a reason to have "twitter" in the name? It surely does. If I was Apple I would promptly react to mark holder complains rather than proactively deny things. I would also make exception for major marks - I would contact them proactively and ask for guidance. And then if I was Facebook from before the iPad incident I would say "it's cool, let it slide - we'll deal with it later if there is ever a real problem".
- kemiller 17y agoFacebook is relentlessly and constantly capricious with its API users. This kind of thing is an every day occurrence with them; if they're not doing it on purpose, they're doing it by accident because they don't appear to test their own APIs.