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What exactly was shifty, do you think?

• matt4077 9y ago
  The author released an unauthorised recording of a phone call with Apple. That itself was probably not illegal (though it would be if he had been in California as well). But, and that made me question his sanity, it basically contradicted everything he had said before, and made it clear he had been lying to the developer community to put public pressure on Apple. Even worse: when that call was made, Apple had actually given in, and was only asking for him to publicly acknowledge that they had tried to contact him (but only using one of two e-mail addresses on file). He had succeeded in leveraging a minor reputation into a PR defeat for Apple, but got so drunk on power that he threw it away. I would've wished for a bit more soul-searching in the community that was so eager to grab the pitchforks because the story fit so well with the common narrative of Apple abusing small developers, but oh well... The initial incident is also pretty well known now: "Someone", with his credit card and developer credentials, created some spammy apps and marketed them with fake reviews. Those apps were signed using hardware registered in his name, which was, from time to time, also used to sign new releases of Dash. According to him, the spammer was a friend/relative who he was helping to get started.
  • johansch 9y ago
    I think the guy is just buying downvotes/upvotes. HN usually isn't this retarded. What I saw with the downvoting pattern of my negative posts in this thread supports this, I would say.