there are plenty other apps that do the same thing anyway. Appshopper to only name this one.
Appshopper was pulled ages ago
there are plenty other apps that do the same thing anyway. Appshopper to only name this one.
ahh didnt know that part. But I still run it and it works perfectly.Appshopper was pulled ages ago
The app is downloaded due to paid placement on AppGratis and moves up the iTunes Store Charts for this reason. How is that NOT gaming the charts?
Congrats, you just described advertising.
Online petitions almost never work, especially for Apple.
I agree 110%, that couldn't have been said any better.
There are plenty of other advertising opportunities. It's clear the CEO makes a lot of money from Devs paying him to 'feature' their app. They don't actually care about promoting quality apps fairly. That's just plain bias and greed.
"Can," yes. Did? I'm not so sure. I'd personally be surprised to learn that Apple felt threatened in any way by AppGratis.
Same here from several Apple execs on several different occasions, though not for app updates.
Too stringent requirements, perhaps?
MacRumors does indeed mention ultra-popular apps like 'Angry Birds' more often than I would like and I personally couldn't care less about some of those apps (e.g. 'Angry Birds') but they do also highlight other interesting, useful apps, such as 'Quicksilver' for Mac and 'Status Board' for iPad, to name just a couple of examples. Perhaps those less popular apps don't leave a mark because they're, well, less popular? Not saying that's the case, just that it could be.
If AppGratis is having that much influence on Apple's App Store, then sure, I can see why they'd do this. Otherwise, not so much. I don't know that they were or weren't having this kind of influence but if I had to guess, I'd say they weren't. Anyone with knowledge to confirm my guess or prove it wrong is welcome to educate me on this.
Congrats, you just described advertising.
Before offering any more uninformed opinions I'd recommend reading the 148apps blog post.If true(we'll know soon enough)Apple absolutely did the right thing.If anything they were a little slow to act.
Well you could say it better in that a lot of these apps (not all) promote free apps of the day or week. Yes even iTunes does it.
But that is the primary reason people use appgratis to download free apps, not for a better discovery system. Apple could read your mind and download the app you want before you realize it and these app giveaway apps would still exist.
So agreeing with someone 110% on something that will not actually work is 10% worse than just being wrong, right?
If people want crappy Wild West app adventures get an android device, and use protection.
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Oh yeah he should just give free apps to everyone who signs the petition or tweets. He has developers he works with. Give us free apps.
I will sell my soul for 99 cents nom nom nom
I would feel sympathy for the guy if he admitted he took a calculated risk and ended up with snake eyes.
Apple should make these kinds of apps irrelevant by making app discovery not suck, not by banning them.
The app is downloaded due to paid placement on AppGratis and moves up the iTunes Store Charts for this reason. How is that NOT gaming the charts?
There are plenty of other advertising opportunities. It's clear the CEO makes a lot of money from Devs paying him to 'feature' their app. They don't actually care about promoting quality apps fairly. That's just plain bias and greed.
Congrats, you just described advertising.
That's a fairly extreme and odd standpoint. The app downloads are real, and being downloaded due to advertisements and promotions. In the real world advertisements and promotions are legitimate ways of growing your business. It is in Apple's world too, however you have to pay Apple for it (iAds).
Whether it's a description of advertising or not, this is NOT allowed in the App Store (y'know, the whole issue up for discussion).
So no, congrats to you. You who understands how to read yet not contribute anything but a failed witty retort. I do believe that's called failing at being a smart ass.
You asked how it was "NOT gaming the charts". I responded that someone listing something higher because they pay them IS advertising. I doubt CBS cares much for Colgate or Crest, but if either of those companies wants to send them money to care, they'll feature an advertisement of theirs on their TV shows.
That said, if App Gratis (an app I've never seen or used, mind you) does duplicate app store functionality in terms of the way they list applications, then yes they're in violation. If Apple is against application makers paying another application maker to feature their apps, that seems like a net loss for the developer community in terms of ways to get their applications displayed to potential customers.
As for me being a smart ass, I don't know where the random hostility came from, but at least I was being smart. What's your excuse?