This is idiotic. Apple can't think of these things in advance so block them now? Obviously this did not violate the approval process considering the thing has been sold for awhile now. I think Apple needs to be careful not to alienate their developer base by being fickle. If they don't want X used, they need to clearly define it so that developers don't waste their time and money working on things they will just remove later.
I don't understand what's their problem. If users are happy with this, why would they remove it just for the sake of "simplicity" like if iOS users are children
Just because Apple opened some things up in iOS 8 doesn't mean the door has been completely open wide. It's certainly much more open than ever before, but it's not completely open to anything anywhere. Not sure why people thought otherwise that things would go from somewhere close to not much being open to completely open--it was pretty much a given that it would be somewhere half-way at best and more likely even somewhat less than that (but still much more than before). Not sure where the surprise or outrage is coming from.
Because if you don't remove things that are inconsistent with your design vision, you end up allowing everything, and hey presto, you have Linux. Which is fine for a certain type of user, but it's not the type of user that Apple products have ever been designed for.
It's not great that they couldn't think of all the possible cases ahead of time, but not surprising either. Regulations evolve as more things surface in real life. Apple put some in place then refined them and then continues to refine them as they come across what surfaces in real life as they make a call on it. It's pretty much how it always worked in the App Store and how it works in many areas in life outside of Apple too. Again, would be nice if everything is covered right away, but that's not the reality--that's why there are often amendments and additions and things of that nature to most guidelines, rules, even laws in life.This is idiotic. Apple can't think of these things in advance so block them now? Obviously this did not violate the approval process considering the thing has been sold for awhile now. I think Apple needs to be careful not to alienate their developer base by being fickle. If they don't want X used, they need to clearly define it so that developers don't waste their time and money working on things they will just remove later.
They defined well over 95% it would seem but things change and new things come up, as is often the case.
Instead of wasting time and attention on "cracking down" on notification apps, they should direct that energy toward getting Yosemite and iOS 8 right.
I would imagine having a keyboard in notification center would use a fair amount of resources.
Instead of wasting time and attention on "cracking down" on notification apps, they should direct that energy toward getting Yosemite and iOS 8 right.
