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The asymmetry in power between 'everyone' and Apple, Amazon, FB is a problem begging for regulation. If companies are making byzantine and ridiculous claims ag
by jollybean 5y ago
The asymmetry in power between 'everyone' and Apple, Amazon, FB is a problem begging for regulation.
If companies are making byzantine and ridiculous claims against other participants, it's bad for business.
This is completely outside the issues of Apple's right to manage apps - if it's going to do so, it has to fairly clear policy and way to redress grievances.
Things like: 'business review' and 'technical review' are separate so that bug updates don't trigger a business reviews. If a complaint is raised to level 2 and there are problems, it goes to some kind of level 3 mediation, possibly by an outside party. It also might be reasonable for Apple to require a small fee for new feature release review i.e. $100 to release a new version and have the business review. They could even consider having 3rd parties do the reviewing and only have Apple weigh in if there is a conflict. Etc..
Arbitrary and bad business operations are not good for anyone in the long run.