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Apple is curating a ten billion dollar marketplace [1]. Apple will error on the side of maintaining the overall quality of the entire Application selection, ev

Apple is curating a ten billion dollar marketplace [1]. Apple will error on the side of maintaining the overall quality of the entire Application selection, even if it means many very worthwhile applications are rejected. I sympathize with huemanapp's developers, but they must realize they are competing for "virtual shelf space." I say to them; keep plugging away and good luck. [1] https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/01/07App-Store-Sales-Top-10-Billion-in-2013.html https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/01/07App-Store-Sales-T...

FireBeyond 13y ago
Yes. I can see what you mean. I can absolutely see why Apple would reject an app like this, with such quality apps that are -not- “too simple”. For example: http://imgur.com/8N9GS6g http://imgur.com/8N9GS6g
- ricardobeat 13y ago
  That link is broken.
  - FireBeyond 13y ago
    Edited.
- stevewilhelm 13y ago
  So with this example, are you arguing that Apple should be more selective, or let any and all comers into App store?
  - FireBeyond 13y ago
    I'm not arguing either of those things. I'm remarking that it's hard to me to take seriously a claim that Apple has these mystical standards that must be met and that they're just trying to "cultivate a quality ecosystem". Seriously, download some of those apps. At least two have -very low- quality images (they look like obviously massively resized, highly pixellated images) that get a weird red glow that's more akin to image corruption than a 'highlight' when you touch the screen to generate a highly unrealistic fart noise (in the singular - just one simple noise, not even a range).
  - lucian1900 13y ago
    He/she is pointing out the hypocrisy.
scottdw2 13y ago
A shelf space analogy doesn't make sense. With a real shelf, there is scarcity. Only so many shelves can fit in the store, and only so many products on a shelf. The marginal cost of a virtual good is zero. Apple's ability to support apps is effectively infinite. There are over 1M apps in the App Store. This is not about "shelf space".
- metafunctor 13y ago
  There is a kind of scarcity in abundance. When the marginal cost of shelf space approaches zero, another factor comes into play: time spent by the buyers. With too many shelves in the store, many products will never be bought, no matter how good they are.
  - scottdw2 13y ago
    There are already 1M apps in the App Store. There's already too many apps, so preventing "over choice" isn't their goal.
- stevewilhelm 13y ago
  You might want to become familiar with Overchoice. [1][2] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overchoice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overchoice [2] http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_ch...

FireBeyond 13y ago

Yes. I can see what you mean. I can absolutely see why Apple would reject an app like this, with such quality apps that are -not- “too simple”. For example: http://imgur.com/8N9GS6g http://imgur.com/8N9GS6g

ricardobeat 13y ago
That link is broken.
- FireBeyond 13y ago
  Edited.
stevewilhelm 13y ago
So with this example, are you arguing that Apple should be more selective, or let any and all comers into App store?
- FireBeyond 13y ago
  I'm not arguing either of those things. I'm remarking that it's hard to me to take seriously a claim that Apple has these mystical standards that must be met and that they're just trying to "cultivate a quality ecosystem". Seriously, download some of those apps. At least two have -very low- quality images (they look like obviously massively resized, highly pixellated images) that get a weird red glow that's more akin to image corruption than a 'highlight' when you touch the screen to generate a highly unrealistic fart noise (in the singular - just one simple noise, not even a range).
- lucian1900 13y ago
  He/she is pointing out the hypocrisy.

scottdw2 13y ago

A shelf space analogy doesn't make sense. With a real shelf, there is scarcity. Only so many shelves can fit in the store, and only so many products on a shelf. The marginal cost of a virtual good is zero. Apple's ability to support apps is effectively infinite. There are over 1M apps in the App Store. This is not about "shelf space".

metafunctor 13y ago
There is a kind of scarcity in abundance. When the marginal cost of shelf space approaches zero, another factor comes into play: time spent by the buyers. With too many shelves in the store, many products will never be bought, no matter how good they are.
- scottdw2 13y ago
  There are already 1M apps in the App Store. There's already too many apps, so preventing "over choice" isn't their goal.
stevewilhelm 13y ago
You might want to become familiar with Overchoice. [1][2] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overchoice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overchoice [2] http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_ch...