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According to his blog post, the developer sent his blog draft to Apple and hadn't yet heard back. He then today refreshes Loop Insight / iMore and reads "Accor
by pkamb 10y ago
According to his blog post, the developer sent his blog draft to Apple and hadn't yet heard back.
He then today refreshes Loop Insight / iMore and reads "According to Apple, all attempts to work with the developer have failed".
Was the press release really Apple's answer to the blog draft? Was it meant to torpedo the ongoing "blog negotiation", or independent of it?
- eridius 10y agoI'm assuming it was completely independent. And when they said attempts failed, this was before the account was terminated. It's not referring to any communication with the developer post-termination.
- pkamb 10y agoRe-reading today's press releases, Apple's statements perhaps read as if they're delayed responses to the initial story (and are oblivious of the "my cousin did it" angle currently being talked through on the phone). But the Dash developer clearly read the press releases as responses to the ongoing communication, rejections of his draft blog post. In his view they made a new decision and went to the press with it. Account ban final. He has nothing to lose by posting his telling of the events and the audio. > Tonight Apple decided to accuse me of manipulating the App Store in public via a spokesperson. It's really unfortunate for both sides if this drama is the result of bad timing and/or siloed organizational departments.
- eridius 10y agoI think you're correct. I too read Apple's statements today as being something prepared ahead of time (possibly even communicated to the media earlier and embargoed), wholly independently of Apple's ongoing talks with Kapeli about the blog post.