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Apple Has Removed Launcher from the App Store

18 points by lelf 12y ago

chappi42 12y ago
Pigs! Apple should be enforced to carry a non-closed app store. Apple would bow if the alternative were to loose European market. Don't understand that Europe accepts such huge /closed/ application ecosystems. (Android is open, fine; Microsoft is tiny, not relevant (yet?)).
- k-mcgrady 12y ago
  >> "Don't understand that Europe accepts such huge /closed/ application ecosystems." Because Android is the dominant player by a large margin in Europe.
- lnanek2 12y ago
  That would be nice. But didn't Europe try to force Apple to use standard chargers and they just ignored that too? I don't think Apple cares very much. For the charger issue they made some sort of crappy adapter no one will use. So if you forced them to make an open app store it would probably be a similar joke.
Sonicmouse 12y ago
This is what happenes when you write apps for a walled garden. It's a risky business. This is a good lesson for investors as well. When you have a sole company deciding your fate, stuff like this will happen. This isn't the first time this has happened, and it won't be the last. I feel bad for the guy, but this is the risk we take when writing apps for apple.
Kerlix 12y ago
The most glaring thing that stands out to me in this situation is how mismanaged the review process is that one person allows the app into the store, no problem, and another yanks it after it's been featured on tech blogs and made a solid number of sales. Their review process is disorganized and determined by the arbitrary whims of random, individual reviewers. I'm glad I managed to snag Launcher on Friday evening before it was yanked, but by the time I had it set up and decided I wanted the pro version it was gone.
jsilence 12y ago
Can't the author sell the app over his own website and process the billig over fastspring? At least that is what Peter Borg does with Lingon (https://sites.fastspring.com/peterborgapps/product/lingonx https://sites.fastspring.com/peterborgapps/product/lingonx).
- gsands 12y ago
  For OSX apps, yes. iOS, not possible AFAIK, since sideloading is not possible on iOS.

18 points by lelf 12y ago

Pigs! Apple should be enforced to carry a non-closed app store. Apple would bow if the alternative were to loose European market. Don't understand that Europe accepts such huge /closed/ application ecosystems. (Android is open, fine; Microsoft is tiny, not relevant (yet?)).

k-mcgrady 12y ago
>> "Don't understand that Europe accepts such huge /closed/ application ecosystems." Because Android is the dominant player by a large margin in Europe.
lnanek2 12y ago
That would be nice. But didn't Europe try to force Apple to use standard chargers and they just ignored that too? I don't think Apple cares very much. For the charger issue they made some sort of crappy adapter no one will use. So if you forced them to make an open app store it would probably be a similar joke.

Sonicmouse 12y ago

This is what happenes when you write apps for a walled garden. It's a risky business. This is a good lesson for investors as well. When you have a sole company deciding your fate, stuff like this will happen. This isn't the first time this has happened, and it won't be the last. I feel bad for the guy, but this is the risk we take when writing apps for apple.

Kerlix 12y ago

The most glaring thing that stands out to me in this situation is how mismanaged the review process is that one person allows the app into the store, no problem, and another yanks it after it's been featured on tech blogs and made a solid number of sales. Their review process is disorganized and determined by the arbitrary whims of random, individual reviewers. I'm glad I managed to snag Launcher on Friday evening before it was yanked, but by the time I had it set up and decided I wanted the pro version it was gone.

jsilence 12y ago

Can't the author sell the app over his own website and process the billig over fastspring? At least that is what Peter Borg does with Lingon (https://sites.fastspring.com/peterborgapps/product/lingonx https://sites.fastspring.com/peterborgapps/product/lingonx).

gsands 12y ago
For OSX apps, yes. iOS, not possible AFAIK, since sideloading is not possible on iOS.