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Morally: yes. Good business: yes. Legislated: why? I bring up Capitalism because this is about business. All of your points are rock-solid data points of why N

by apsurd 17y ago

Morally: yes. Good business: yes. Legislated: why? I bring up Capitalism because this is about business. All of your points are rock-solid data points of why NOT to do business with Apple's App store. Yet developers insist. I am going start a company that manufactures pagers. Is this a bad business decision? Maybe ... Is it my choice ... yes... Of course there's a difference. Your point is about retroactively pulling the plug for no disclosed reason. I get that - but again all the more reason that its a bad business decision.

jacquesm 17y ago
Ok, I get your point. I think I'm more worried about the 'domino' effects of these arbitrary decisions. Independent software developers ('the guy in the attic') are probably fairly aware of the legal position they place themselves in when they develop for the iphone (though by the recent spate of postings I'm beginning to doubt even that). But if you were employed by a company making the above sample iphone app it would be your ass on the line, not your boss'.