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It doesn't advertise itself as an iPod clone. What The Verge called a "clever workaround" was the fact that a skin to make it look like an iPod could be downloa

It doesn't advertise itself as an iPod clone. What The Verge called a "clever workaround" was the fact that a skin to make it look like an iPod could be downloaded later. Apple is overreaching again, but that isn't surprising. What's surprising is that anybody, including the app's authors, is surprised.

lilyball 7y ago
The app appears to have been explicitly designed to enable cloning the iPod Classic interface, and making that skin something you download separately was a workaround because it’s pretty obvious that it would get rejected if it shipped that way. I really don’t see this as Apple overreaching, especially given that the app is charging people for Apple Music features, which is definitely not okay.
- lern_too_spel 7y ago
  > given that the app is charging people for Apple Music features What Apple Music features is it charging for? That isn't even a thing that Apple complained about. > The app appears to have been explicitly designed to enable cloning the iPod Classic interface The default is not an iPod classic interface. I can just as easily make an iPod classic skin for WinAmp. The solution, as always, is to simply avoid Apple's arbitrarily restricted platforms.
  - lilyball 7y ago
    Their own description of the app says > We launched an App that let you customize your iPhone to look like a 2000s era MP3 player. It's pretty obvious what the intention is. And while I don't know precisely how skins work, it's hard to imagine that they enabled clickwheel scrolling by accident. > What Apple Music features is it charging for? That isn't even a thing that Apple complained about. I don't know specifically but even their own blog post explicitly cites this as one of the 3 things Apple pulled their app for: > 2. Charging for Apple Music features > This is less unreasonable […]

lilyball 7y ago

The app appears to have been explicitly designed to enable cloning the iPod Classic interface, and making that skin something you download separately was a workaround because it’s pretty obvious that it would get rejected if it shipped that way. I really don’t see this as Apple overreaching, especially given that the app is charging people for Apple Music features, which is definitely not okay.

lern_too_spel 7y ago
> given that the app is charging people for Apple Music features What Apple Music features is it charging for? That isn't even a thing that Apple complained about. > The app appears to have been explicitly designed to enable cloning the iPod Classic interface The default is not an iPod classic interface. I can just as easily make an iPod classic skin for WinAmp. The solution, as always, is to simply avoid Apple's arbitrarily restricted platforms.
- lilyball 7y ago
  Their own description of the app says > We launched an App that let you customize your iPhone to look like a 2000s era MP3 player. It's pretty obvious what the intention is. And while I don't know precisely how skins work, it's hard to imagine that they enabled clickwheel scrolling by accident. > What Apple Music features is it charging for? That isn't even a thing that Apple complained about. I don't know specifically but even their own blog post explicitly cites this as one of the 3 things Apple pulled their app for: > 2. Charging for Apple Music features > This is less unreasonable […]