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Thou Shalt Not Chatroulette Or Russian Roulette: The Best Of The App Store Rules

15 points by stevederico 16y ago

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benologist 16y ago
What is this the 20th 'article' TechCrunch has 'written' today on it?
gojomo 16y ago
Wow. Several of my favorite app ideas explicitly prohibited. Especially disappointed about: 4.2 Apps that use location-based APIs for automatic or autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other devices will be rejected 11.3 Apps using IAP to purchase physical goods or goods and services used outside of the application will be rejected
jackowayed 16y ago
The 2 rules they highlighted about location-based APIs stuck out to me: > 4.2 Apps that use location-based APIs for automatic or autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other devices will be rejected I'm not sure why that's there, first of all. Maybe they're afraid they'd be liable if the vehicle crashed? Also, as I understand it, that doesn't prevent you from having directly control of a vehicle, like with buttons to change speed and tilting to turn it. Only if you want to use GPS or the like (so I guess sticking an iPhone in the autonomous vehicle and using those coordinates to help you steer it, or something). > 4.3 Apps that use location-based APIs for dispatch, fleet management, or emergency services will be rejected Once again, I have no idea why that's there. And those applications of location-based APIs seem like they'd be very useful. For example, Ubercab would probably count as using location-based APIs for fleet management.
- MartinCron 16y ago
  I think the AAA app uses the APIs for dispatch and emergency services. Odd
- devin 16y ago
  my guess is legal liability.
- gojomo 16y ago
  My guess on 4.3 is a combination of liability concerns and some sort of deal with the mobile carriers not to step on existing high-dollar business-focused subscription fleet services. (Look how AT&T wants $10/month for their turn-by-turn 'Navigator' directions app. Hey -- isn't that fee -- on your AT&T bill -- a violation of 11.2, "utilizing a system other than the In App Purchase API (IAP) to purchase content, functionality, or services in an app"?)
andybak 16y ago
If you reverse the "shall not"s then this sounds like a fairly current Android developers guide. I'm joking. I'm joking...
Pinckney 16y ago
19.2 Apps may contain or quote religious text provided the quotes or translations are accurate and not misleading. Deciding what religious texts are accurately translated sounds like a very thorny problem. Is the KJV accurate? The Conservative Bible Project?

15 points by stevederico 16y ago

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benologist 16y ago

What is this the 20th 'article' TechCrunch has 'written' today on it?

gojomo 16y ago

Wow. Several of my favorite app ideas explicitly prohibited. Especially disappointed about: 4.2 Apps that use location-based APIs for automatic or autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other devices will be rejected 11.3 Apps using IAP to purchase physical goods or goods and services used outside of the application will be rejected

jackowayed 16y ago

The 2 rules they highlighted about location-based APIs stuck out to me: > 4.2 Apps that use location-based APIs for automatic or autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other devices will be rejected I'm not sure why that's there, first of all. Maybe they're afraid they'd be liable if the vehicle crashed? Also, as I understand it, that doesn't prevent you from having directly control of a vehicle, like with buttons to change speed and tilting to turn it. Only if you want to use GPS or the like (so I guess sticking an iPhone in the autonomous vehicle and using those coordinates to help you steer it, or something). > 4.3 Apps that use location-based APIs for dispatch, fleet management, or emergency services will be rejected Once again, I have no idea why that's there. And those applications of location-based APIs seem like they'd be very useful. For example, Ubercab would probably count as using location-based APIs for fleet management.

MartinCron 16y ago
I think the AAA app uses the APIs for dispatch and emergency services. Odd
devin 16y ago
my guess is legal liability.
gojomo 16y ago
My guess on 4.3 is a combination of liability concerns and some sort of deal with the mobile carriers not to step on existing high-dollar business-focused subscription fleet services. (Look how AT&T wants $10/month for their turn-by-turn 'Navigator' directions app. Hey -- isn't that fee -- on your AT&T bill -- a violation of 11.2, "utilizing a system other than the In App Purchase API (IAP) to purchase content, functionality, or services in an app"?)

andybak 16y ago

If you reverse the "shall not"s then this sounds like a fairly current Android developers guide. I'm joking. I'm joking...

Pinckney 16y ago

19.2 Apps may contain or quote religious text provided the quotes or translations are accurate and not misleading. Deciding what religious texts are accurately translated sounds like a very thorny problem. Is the KJV accurate? The Conservative Bible Project?