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I went to go see if they actually did say "amateur hour" (they do, amazingly) and in the process noticed this: "If you run to the press and trash us, it never h
by djur 12y ago
I went to go see if they actually did say "amateur hour" (they do, amazingly) and in the process noticed this: "If you run to the press and trash us, it never helps." It blows my mind that they're willing to say that so explicitly.
- mikeash 12y agoEspecially since it is so very, obviously wrong. Running to the press to trash the review process can help quite a bit when other avenues fail.
- beaner 12y agoIt also kind of hints that they're vindictive and unprofessional.
- cachvico 12y agoRunning to the press implies a kneejerk reaction. It could equally be argued that they're saying you should engage them in meaningful discussion about the problems they have with your submission. When an app is rejected I believe there is always the possibility of a two-way discussion with the submission team. The larger subtext is that this is their platform, and they want to keep the quality bar high. Therefore, publication of your app is their perogative, not your right. On that note, yes it is not amateur hour. If you want to publish an app, Apple provide all the resources to help you do it - but if for example your app is buggy, it's amateur and will be rejected - seems fair enough to me.
- djur 12y agoIt makes perfect sense for Apple to have standards for publishing software on their store. What complicates the discussion is that they prevent users from installing software from other sources than their store. This is different than most other popular computing platforms except for game consoles.