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They aren't going to approve apps that compete with the phone's built-in functionality. Period. Yeah, it stinks... It stinks even more when Apple adds new buil
by boris 17y ago
They aren't going to approve apps that compete with the phone's built-in functionality. Period. Yeah, it stinks...
It stinks even more when Apple adds new built-in functionality that competes with your existing application and you are notified that your application is no more. In fact, the more successful your application, the greater the chances Apple will decide to make it part of the OS.
- nudded 17y agoWhat Apple has done it the past with Mac OS X (the desktop OS) is that they go and buy the product from you. Examples: * Coverflow(first standalone app by a developper) was bought by Apple. * The new iTunes visualizer was also first developped and then bought by Apple. We'll see how Apple handles it with the iPhone
- liscio 17y agoNot always the case. For example: Watson (http://www.karelia.com/watson/ http://www.karelia.com/watson/), was killed by Apple's Sherlock. Later, SandVox (http://www.karelia.com/sandvox/ http://www.karelia.com/sandvox/) was later followed up by Apple's iWeb. The list goes on... Indie Mac developers have taken to calling this act, "Sherlocking". See a mainstream usage of the term here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1137 http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1137 So, Apple swings both ways. :)