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Why would Apple want screenshots in the iOS or Mac App Store that show devices that cannot run iOS or macOS? Would Sony or Microsoft allow PS4 or Xbox devices

by cwhiz 6y ago

Why would Apple want screenshots in the iOS or Mac App Store that show devices that cannot run iOS or macOS? Would Sony or Microsoft allow PS4 or Xbox devices in their respective digital store listings? No way. You should either provide screenshots without a device or show a device that the application will actually run on. Honestly I would say it's pretty lazy to provide screenshots depicting a device where the app can't even run.

marcinzm 6y ago
You misunderstand, they were selling a PHYSICAL Microsoft device in their e-commerce store that sells physical items. Nonetheless, showing a product you can buy in the app that is not Apple branded was not allowed.
- JohnBooty 6y ago
  Nonetheless, showing a product you can buy in the app That would be extremely bad, but that's not the scenario the original poster described. They had a Microsoft product in their App Store screenshots. There are countless e-commerce apps (Amazon, eBay etc) available for iOS that will happily let you purchase competitors' products. Also worth noting that you can get Microsoft apps in the iOS App Store and that some of these apps compete with Apple's own apps.
- Dracophoenix 6y ago
  So how does that work for Amazon, Rakuten, Alibaba, Walmart, Costco, Best Buy, et al. ?
  - marcinzm 6y ago
    Presumably if any of them used a screenshot that showed a product competing with Apple they would not be approved.
  - erklik 6y ago
    Once you are big enough, you do not follow the same rules.
notsureaboutpg 6y ago
The visuals of a video game don't run on the literal console, they run on a television. It's like if in the PlayStation store, your game could only be shown running on a Sony TV and if you showed any other brand of TV they would deny your game to be published there.