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"I've builds apps for years and many times a short discussion with Google allowed me to re-post an app with some modifications." The vast, vast, vast majority

by s73v3r 12y ago

"I've builds apps for years and many times a short discussion with Google allowed me to re-post an app with some modifications." The vast, vast, vast majority of people are not able to find a person at Google to have that discussion with in the first place. "Unless you are making apple SERIOUS revenue (think high6 to 7 figures) they will shut you down without even a response." Apple tells you before your app goes live.

tsunamifury 12y ago
You would think that if you haven't experienced launching dozens or hundreds of apps. In reality many times the first review is cursory and approved. They actually bucket you as a low-risk and wait for you to succeed before you might flag serious concerns and be removed.
mathieuh 12y ago
> Apple tells you before your app goes live. Look at the situation with PCalc and Transmit. Both apps which offered a killer feature, got approved by review and even featured by the editorial team, then pulled after having been on the front page of the App Store.
- lordnacho 12y ago
  What on earth could be wrong with a calculator app?
  - sp332 12y ago
    It put a calculator in a widget in the notifications area. http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/30/apple-no-longer-rejecting-calculator-widgets-from-the-app-store/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/30/apple-no-longer-rejecting-c...
- gbanfalvi 12y ago
  https://twitter.com/jamesthomson/status/527498251176796160 https://twitter.com/jamesthomson/status/527498251176796160 http://www.panic.com/blog/transmit-ios-1-1-1/ http://www.panic.com/blog/transmit-ios-1-1-1/ Neither of the apps got pulled. They got a warning. Whether the guidelines they were supposedly breaking were fair (or even existed) is a different thing.
fragsworth 12y ago
> The vast, vast, vast majority of people are not able to find a person at Google to have that discussion with in the first place. If you are spending any significant time/resources developing apps, then you should invest a bit of time in networking. Go to conferences, and meet these people. They aren't that hard to find.
- asavadatti 12y ago
  Does anyone know why Google is so bad at this?
  - EvaK_de 12y ago
    This is not what they want to be good at, because human-to-human interaction doesn't scale.
  - s73v3r 12y ago
    Because they're aiming to have things automated. They don't want to pay people to do these things when they feel that they should be able to automate it.
- Max_Mustermann 12y ago
  That kinda ignores all the people developing in countries for whom going to these conferences hardly qualifies as a "bit of time in networking".

by s73v3r 12y ago

tsunamifury 12y ago

You would think that if you haven't experienced launching dozens or hundreds of apps. In reality many times the first review is cursory and approved. They actually bucket you as a low-risk and wait for you to succeed before you might flag serious concerns and be removed.

mathieuh 12y ago

> Apple tells you before your app goes live. Look at the situation with PCalc and Transmit. Both apps which offered a killer feature, got approved by review and even featured by the editorial team, then pulled after having been on the front page of the App Store.

lordnacho 12y ago
What on earth could be wrong with a calculator app?
- sp332 12y ago
  It put a calculator in a widget in the notifications area. http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/30/apple-no-longer-rejecting-calculator-widgets-from-the-app-store/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/30/apple-no-longer-rejecting-c...
gbanfalvi 12y ago
https://twitter.com/jamesthomson/status/527498251176796160 https://twitter.com/jamesthomson/status/527498251176796160 http://www.panic.com/blog/transmit-ios-1-1-1/ http://www.panic.com/blog/transmit-ios-1-1-1/ Neither of the apps got pulled. They got a warning. Whether the guidelines they were supposedly breaking were fair (or even existed) is a different thing.

fragsworth 12y ago

> The vast, vast, vast majority of people are not able to find a person at Google to have that discussion with in the first place. If you are spending any significant time/resources developing apps, then you should invest a bit of time in networking. Go to conferences, and meet these people. They aren't that hard to find.

asavadatti 12y ago
Does anyone know why Google is so bad at this?
- EvaK_de 12y ago
  This is not what they want to be good at, because human-to-human interaction doesn't scale.
- s73v3r 12y ago
  Because they're aiming to have things automated. They don't want to pay people to do these things when they feel that they should be able to automate it.
Max_Mustermann 12y ago
That kinda ignores all the people developing in countries for whom going to these conferences hardly qualifies as a "bit of time in networking".