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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

by 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.

by wilfra 13y ago

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.