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I think that's fine. What's not fine is removing the app itself from the app store as it was generating $45k a year, the same week of releasing its competing ap
by IkmoIkmo 7y ago
I think that's fine. What's not fine is removing the app itself from the app store as it was generating $45k a year, the same week of releasing its competing app.
Either you remove it because it's against the TOS, anytime in the 1.5 years that the app existed, or leave it be. Don't 'coincidentally' remove it the same week you release a competing app. That's just nonsense.
- ihuman 7y agoIt was removed after the feature was announced because that was also when they changed the App Store guidelines. Previously it did not violate the rules.
- scarface74 7y agoI don’t care how much it was generating. It was a severe invasion of privacy. If that’s how they made their money, nothing of value was lost.
- Jack000 7y agoIt's an invasion of privacy if the tracking is unsolicited. It's not an invasion of privacy if the tracking is the point of the app. The app had paying users, it clearly had value to some people.
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoThe average user will not understand the implications of the tracking. And even if the tracking is benevolent today, who's to say that won't change when the company is acquired in six months?
- scarface74 7y agoSee Onava.
- em-bee 7y agothen it should have never been allowed in the first place
- scarface74 7y agoSo Apple should have thought of every possible rule when the App Store opened in mid 2008?
- em-bee 7y agowell no, but the removal of permissions could come with some warning so that developers have time to adapt and find other ways to solve the problem. if the developers would have known ahead of time they would have been able to invest their efforts into other directions.
- matt-attack 7y agoThe problem is that the moment iOS released Screen Time, their app instantly sat in violation of the TOS. You cannot recreate built-in functionality.
- scarface74 7y agoI don’t know why this keeps coming up. There are apps that “duplicate” note, reminders, music, calendar, video, podcasts, etc. There are even Siri Intents for most of them and many more in iOS 13.