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>> Point is, you can download an app that works better for you if you're not happy with Maps anymore, just like you could with all of the other built in Apple s
by paulgb 14y ago
>> Point is, you can download an app that works better for you if you're not happy with Maps anymore, just like you could with all of the other built in Apple software.
Unless it “duplicate features that come with the iPhone” (http://m.techcrunch.com/2009/07/27/apple-is-growing-rotten-to-the-core-and-its-likely-atts-fault/ http://m.techcrunch.com/2009/07/27/apple-is-growing-rotten-t...) or requires its own rendering engine (http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2008/11/02/opera_mobile_blocked_from_iphone_app_store http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2008/11/02/opera_m...) or competes with a profitable arm of Apple (http://m.lifehacker.com/5614752/grooveshark-iphone-app-pulled-from-app-store http://m.lifehacker.com/5614752/grooveshark-iphone-app-pulle...)
- anextio 14y agoNone of those things apply anymore.
- paulgb 14y agoNot because Apple has changed their policy, but because people found workarounds or Apple made exceptions.
- mpyne 14y agoThey don't? I thought you still couldn't run your own JIT-capable JS implementation on iOS.
- mortenjorck 14y agoThat's because "executes arbitrary code" is still a reason for rejection, unlike "duplicates core functionality."