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with such windows apps, you don't need to worry about Microsoft removing you from the only approved sales conduit.
by throwaway32 15y ago
with such windows apps, you don't need to worry about Microsoft removing you from the only approved sales conduit.
- jamesaguilar 15y agoNo evidence whatsoever that Apple is going to do this with the affected app developers. And it seems like a pretty unlikely move.
- throwaway32 15y agowhy, they have removed apps for "duplicating iOS functionality" before.
- exogen 15y agoHave they removed any, or simply not approved them in the first place? (Honest question.) It would be pretty unexpected for them to be retroactively banned.
- kenjackson 15y agoApple removed Camera+ after it was in the app store. They removed them since they found a way to use the volume button as a shutter. Welcome iOS5. http://www.iphonehacks.com/2010/08/apple-removes-camera-iphone-app-from-the-app-store-after-developer-reveals-hack-to-enable-hidden-feature.html http://www.iphonehacks.com/2010/08/apple-removes-camera-ipho... The reason Apple gives is priceless: Your application cannot be added to the App Store because it uses iPhone volume buttons in a non-standard way, potentially resulting in user confusion. Of course, now it's standard. Say cheese.
- jamesaguilar 15y agoThat removal was not for duplicating existing functionality, as you correctly point out. So it's not really germane.
- throwaway32 15y agohttp://www.riverturn.com/blog/?p=455 http://www.riverturn.com/blog/?p=455
- jamesaguilar 15y agoNever that I know of when the functionality came first from the app then from iOS. This accusation is outlandish FUD-raking, not intelligent discussion.
- dpcan 15y agoThat may be true, but what's the difference? If there's no reason to go looking for an app in the first place, it won't get found anyway.