And the Apple-Google war continues. This time, instead of just bad-mouthing each other, Apple is running with a strategy that they’re no stranger to: censoring words in the App Store. Instead of just “boobs” and “booty”, which they don’t seem to have a problem with anymore, Apple’s new target is the word “Android”.
Now, Apple only seems to be looking for the word used within a particular context. A quick look through the App Store reveals a decent number of apps with “Android” in the title that have gone totally unscathed. However, at least one developer in particular has had their app held up pending removal of an Android reference. In its preview Tim Novikof’s Flash of Genius SAT app made mention of the fact that it was a finalist in Google’s Android Developers Challenge, and Apple had him remove the offending snippet before it could go live. Apple’s justification?
“providing future platform compatibility plans or other general platform references are not relevant in the context of the iPhone App Store.”
Novikof reportedly didn’t mind having to pull the reference, but it’s crazy that a developer would have to remove a recommendation (and a weighty one at that) just because Apple doesn’t like who it came from.
[via AppScout]
Apple has to lighten up. Their insane, control freak tendencies are going to be their undoing.
It’s working for them pretty well :-)
Over 34 million sold.
As long as they have that many devices out there, developers will do whatever Apple wants them to do.
Full Disclosure – I have an iPhone. I like it – it was 99 bucks. I like the App store fine. That being said, Jobs can eat himself, and by extension, Apple.
Apple is an overpriced yuppie band. What’s going on right now is an anomaly, albeit a drawn out one. Apple HAD such a head start with the iPhone’s interconnected, super-intuitive interface, it still seems like the sky is the limit for them – read: their App store. It isn’t. Apple not allowing access to core API means that truly innovative complementary hardware devices/apps will never be made. Notifications were introduced as a band-aid that Apple never intends to remove. Multitasking will never happen.
Apple will happily go back to making nothing but purty little computers before allowing the Bourgeoisie access to their ‘magical’ code. Android, on the other hand is all about it. Innovate to your heart’s content. Their OS is sandboxed, something Apple is too retarded to emulate.
You obviously are a hare sir. A hare runs as quickly as possible only to find that he is so far ahead he gets lazy, while the turtle takes his time and low and behold wins the race.
Apple products are perfectly acceptable products for all kinds of users. Students, moms, yuppies. Only people that dabble in APIs and development even worry about this…which is the minority. Windows may dominate the current market of PC, but its only because they were so shrewd as to license their OS and open it up to gain the market share they do enjoy.
Apple is similar to Porsche. Lower units, higher quality whether perceived or real and does remarkably well aiming at such. Google is now more one of the Detroit three. I love some of their products, but opening it up too much (multiple carriers, OS configs and implementation) is going to have a hard time maintaining the quality they once were known for.
The Tortoise and the Hare.
We can have a contest whos the next Dictator. Apple or Android.
Poor Microsoft they get blamed that they are creating monopoly
typical…
i never like apple anyway go android