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Easy answer, spaghetti; Apple didn't build their review process for developers first, they built it for their users and Apple Inc (not necessarily in that order
by ghshephard 14y ago
Easy answer, spaghetti; Apple didn't build their review process for developers first, they built it for their users and Apple Inc (not necessarily in that order).
As a developer, I want free and easy access to the App store to upload my apps.
As a user, I want a selection of the safest, highest quality, predictable and elegantly design applications.
Apple Inc, as a for profitable organization, wants to ensure that they maintain control over the various revenue lines (and ensuing profit).
It's the only rational profit-maximizing-response for an organization that has their market dominance.
- spaghetti 14y agoIt's interesting to think about in terms of a rational profit-maximizing-response. Perhaps rejecting apps for silly reasons is Apple's way of trying to get rid of apps they deem crappy. This is only a problem when they label something crappy but users would enjoy quite a lot. But it might be a problem that's too small to care about when it comes to a rational response.
- cageface 14y agoAs a user, I want a selection of the safest, highest quality, predictable and elegantly design applications. They've utterly failed to deliver that. They've been mostly successful in limiting outright malware but the store is absolutely bursting at the seams with cheap, crappy apps and scams. At this point they'd be better off delegating malware detection to an algorithm and using their editorial control to surface the good apps.