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While I totally understand why you're angry, I'm almost certain Apple's app review team does NOT have access to pre-release versions of iOS, so this probably di

While I totally understand why you're angry, I'm almost certain Apple's app review team does NOT have access to pre-release versions of iOS, so this probably didn't happen because Apple was working on similar functionality.

quackerhacker 13y ago
I agree, while his posting is totally justified and I understand, I believe that their ui/ux dev teams are not apart of the app review processing.
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Zimahl 13y ago
I didn't get that he was hinting at that. The problem is what Apple thinks is significant to the platform when they develop it versus when it's an outside developer.
wilfra 13y ago
When Steve Jobs was around all the really great ideas probably found their way directly to him. If he then decided to call any of those ideas his own and reject the apps, do you think anybody at Apple would defy him? Whomever that person is now (Jony Ive?) probably got ahold of this app and did the same thing. Very easy to hide all of this under the veil of 'we were already working on something like that'. The author even acknowledges as much. So blatant theft is basically impossible to prove. But it's pretty naive to think that does not go on.
- blocking_io 13y ago
  I very much doubt the app reviewers have any better access to Apple executives than you or I. They are like call centre staff.
  - wilfra 13y ago
    That's why I said 'found their way'. It would just be a matter of training and infrastructure to make the process efficient. Example: an internal 'is this one of the coolest apps you have ever seen?' option given to all app reviewers. One guy whose job it is to review all apps where that box was checked. If he agrees, he sends them on to somebody on Jony Ives team. If they agree, they send it on to Jony.
    - gutnor 13y ago
      Frankly, outside of a keynote with an audience expecting to be impressed, I doubt a weather app would get a thunderous reception. At the end of the day, that is just a weather app with cool graphic and the guy reviewing apps probably sees a shit ton of those per week. It would take something significant or sufficiently unconventional for him to start a buzz inside Apple. (BTW: not criticising the guy, he is a dedicated developer and Apple let him down. But let's keep stuff in perspective)
    - blocking_io 13y ago
      If such an option did exist, no way this app would be cause to use it. There are many other weather apps which have similar use of animation, such as Magical Weather. This app is not particularly unique or innovative.
    - mwfunk 13y ago
      You're just making stuff up.
r00fus 13y ago
What's frustrating, I bet, is that other apps had "useless" weather condition graphics as well. WeatherHD for example. Now, Alaric's app is probably very interesting, but why block it when others existed (and did the animation more poorly)?
andmarios 13y ago
In this case however, if Apple wanted to be fair and demonstrate a consistent behavior, they would give every new version of iOS to their review team and ask them to apply the same logic they use when they (dis)approve 3rd party applications.

quackerhacker 13y ago

I agree, while his posting is totally justified and I understand, I believe that their ui/ux dev teams are not apart of the app review processing.

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Zimahl 13y ago

I didn't get that he was hinting at that. The problem is what Apple thinks is significant to the platform when they develop it versus when it's an outside developer.

wilfra 13y ago

When Steve Jobs was around all the really great ideas probably found their way directly to him. If he then decided to call any of those ideas his own and reject the apps, do you think anybody at Apple would defy him? Whomever that person is now (Jony Ive?) probably got ahold of this app and did the same thing. Very easy to hide all of this under the veil of 'we were already working on something like that'. The author even acknowledges as much. So blatant theft is basically impossible to prove. But it's pretty naive to think that does not go on.

blocking_io 13y ago
I very much doubt the app reviewers have any better access to Apple executives than you or I. They are like call centre staff.
- wilfra 13y ago
  That's why I said 'found their way'. It would just be a matter of training and infrastructure to make the process efficient. Example: an internal 'is this one of the coolest apps you have ever seen?' option given to all app reviewers. One guy whose job it is to review all apps where that box was checked. If he agrees, he sends them on to somebody on Jony Ives team. If they agree, they send it on to Jony.
  - gutnor 13y ago
    Frankly, outside of a keynote with an audience expecting to be impressed, I doubt a weather app would get a thunderous reception. At the end of the day, that is just a weather app with cool graphic and the guy reviewing apps probably sees a shit ton of those per week. It would take something significant or sufficiently unconventional for him to start a buzz inside Apple. (BTW: not criticising the guy, he is a dedicated developer and Apple let him down. But let's keep stuff in perspective)
  - blocking_io 13y ago
    If such an option did exist, no way this app would be cause to use it. There are many other weather apps which have similar use of animation, such as Magical Weather. This app is not particularly unique or innovative.
  - mwfunk 13y ago
    You're just making stuff up.

r00fus 13y ago

What's frustrating, I bet, is that other apps had "useless" weather condition graphics as well. WeatherHD for example. Now, Alaric's app is probably very interesting, but why block it when others existed (and did the animation more poorly)?

andmarios 13y ago

In this case however, if Apple wanted to be fair and demonstrate a consistent behavior, they would give every new version of iOS to their review team and ask them to apply the same logic they use when they (dis)approve 3rd party applications.