Comments on: The Great Firewall of Apple's App Store http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Will Apple Approve Opera Mini For iPhone? « Fierce Technology http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219938 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:54:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219938 [...] a short list of apps that got denied and it shows how Apple can “Think [...]

]]> By: Predictions: The Fabulous 5 for 2010 – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219937 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:45:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219937 [...] it was Steve Jobs’ health, booming iPhone sales, its $33 billion cash hoard, criticism of its App Store policies or its new iMacs, Apple kept itself in the news for most of 2009. The next 12 months are going to [...]

]]> By: Guy http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219936 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:22:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219936 This is kind of a stupid article. Society has never been able to draw a clear line between acceptable and unacceptable speech or even action. We know where the extremes should be, but things get a lot muddier in the middle.

It’s nice of you to think Apple can do what society has not been able to. But it’s not very intelligent thinking.

]]> By: Brian http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219935 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:53:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219935 Anyone else think getting an App approved is akin to getting the lead part in a movie via the Couch in the producer’s office. No wonder hollywood’ers love this device. :-)

]]> By: Al http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219934 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:13:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219934 A list of banned Apps that includes one never submitted and ones that can be found in the App Store. It kind of weakens your argument when you have to pad the list like that.

Many of apps that have been rejected have been made to deliberately break Apple’s app guidelines and yet have still submitted anyway. When you know it breaks the rules, how can you be upset with the results?

Up to this point, there has been no way to put restrictions on apps in the iPhone/iPod touch, so all apps must be suitable for children. That has caused many rejections but that situation will change soon.

I think the incredible popularity of the Apps for iPhone/iPod touch has caught everybody, including Apple, by surprise. Apple will catch up eventually.

]]> By: Adam http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219933 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:58:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219933 Nice summary of the App store drama. One nitpick, though. Opera Software never submitted its browser to the App store for review, they figured it wouldn’t be allowed.

“So I went back to Mr. von Tetzchner for more details. He said that the development of the iPhone browser was more an “internal project” of some engineers than a product that management was committed to introducing. Indeed, development was halted after the company looked at the details of the license agreement in Apple’s software development kit and realized that it would not be permitted.”

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/why-you-will-not-see-opera-on-your-iphone/

]]> By: topchat http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219932 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:35:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219932 Quite correct. The worst that can be said of the Perfect Acumen case is that Apple should have been more rigourous in applying its rules from the get-go. On the one hand developers want instant approval, so we are told, and on the other we expect Apple to be consistent in its approval process putting 50,000+ apps on the ‘shelf’ in about 12 months. Mistakes happen and if the questionable list had been 100 rather than 10 it would still be small beer.

This is the real world not heaven. Do I hear great public outcry about what products Walmart chooses to put on its shelves or what it removes? Do you know Walmart’s rules? Is Walmart consistent in what it chooses to sell or reject?

Apple will sort itself out one way or another given a bit of time.

]]> By: sunil http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219931 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:55:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219931 Agree, also I just never get this line..if you don’t like it …don’t use it….does this simply mean we live in a lawless society?

Then,

i should be allowed to buy pot from someone who sells it, why is it everyone else bothered ?

I should go around and rape women in daylight, why should anyone else be bothered, i’m raping her in my store.

Just to pass time, i would shoot people to death randomly for visiting my store, if you dont like it, dont visit my store :o) is what Apple is trying to be unlawful in a land ruled by laws.

hell, you can’t beat your own kids or your wife now a days, those days are past over, even if they are your own blood. you have to live by societies laws.

Apple is acting like a gangster in the 50′s, it must be fined 2 billion dollars to give them a sense that they are living in 21st century and everyone has to play by the rules.

]]> By: Neil Anderson http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219930 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:40:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219930 Growing pains?

]]> By: jbrandonf http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219929 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:26:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219929 You should relax. While it is their own store to f*ck over, eventually developers will be the ones to change the tide over to another platform. Apple has been lucky that no other platform has the appeal Apple currently does, but as soon as another store starts hitting the sales figures Apple does then it’s game over. Apple needs to pull it together now while they’re still the industry standard.

]]> By: AdamC http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219928 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:14:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219928 It is equally pathetic to hear an apologist cum fanboi saying like wise.

It is their store if you guys can do better start something of your own and compete with Apple and put your money where your mouth is, yea talk is cheap but you guys make them a lot cheaper with your constant whining and bitching.

]]> By: Mishan Aburted http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219927 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:15:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219927 Apple’s App Store crap wouldn’t be so bad except for the other problem: it’s the only legitimate way to distribute iPhone apps. Imagine if Apple did this with Mac software.

It’s pretty pathetic to hear fanboys excuse every wall Apple puts up to restrict what people can do.

]]> By: Sarah http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219926 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:18:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219926 Apple just made it into the news again, although it doesn’t have anything to do with applications, I think it was really interesting to see that some people are making such a huge deal that Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, stepped down from his place on the board for Apple. I think it was a smart decision, with all those anti-trust laws. But still isn’t it interesting that the Google Apps were taken down so close to when Schmidt stepped down?!?! Check out this video that talks about why Schmidt stepped down.
http://www.newsy.com/videos/a_line_in_the_sand

]]> By: New Comm Biz » Will Apple Finally Have to Embrace Social Media? http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219925 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:57:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219925 [...] The Great Firewall of Apple’s App Store (gigaom.com) [...]

]]> By: Alex Popescu http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219924 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:54:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219924 Lately, I was wondering what exactly is the submission process. Are you required to fill in some questionnaire? Are you submitting the app? Can anyone with experience in AppStore describe the steps?

tia

]]> By: Sean Fitts http://gigaom.com/2009/08/04/the-great-firewall-of-apples-app-store/#comment-219923 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:05:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=62053#comment-219923 All very true. On the other hand there is certainly nothing wrong with pointing out the inconsistent manner in which Apple manages its store. That way potential consumers can decide whether or not they agree with that approach and make informed decisions about the mobile devices they choose to purchase.

I also think that there is nothing wrong with putting a little pressure on Apple to be more open about the rules under which it operates its store. They can of course demur (to their customers at least, we’ll see how far that gets them with the FCC).

In the end though you are correct – their store, their rules.

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