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Why isn’t it an app? What’s the criteria for something being an app?
by Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago
Why isn’t it an app? What’s the criteria for something being an app?
- 9wzYQbTYsAIc 5y agoAre you being deliberately obtuse or just really not able to understand that Apple provides two things: 1) an operating system with ancillary features and 2) an App Store with applications for sale? iCloud is not an app that you can download on the App Store. It is an ancillary service for the operating system.
- threeseed 5y agoAn app is a program that launches, does something and exits. iCloud is an "always on" cloud storage/sync service where you choose what data you want to use it for.
- veeti 5y agoHow is this a meaningful distinction whatsoever? There are countless apps that allow you to sign up for an "always on" service. Should they be exempt from allowing you to delete your account as well? Or is that privilege reserved for built in bloatware?
- danaris 5y agoiCloud is part of the operating system, and, most importantly, it is not downloaded through the App Store. These rules are for apps on the App Store. Edit to add: There may be a reasonable debate to be had over whether there should be some visible component of iCloud that has to be downloaded from the App Store before it can be used on an iDevice—or whether the App Store rules should be, by some means, applied to the entirety of what can/does run on an iDevice. But right now, neither of those are the case, and thus, though some may find the difference between "iOS" and "application running on iOS" frustratingly slim, Apple is not, in this instance, applying its rules inconsistently.