Developers Report Recent Enforcement of Stricter Rules for Emoji Use in iOS Apps

[TrowaNY]

Why do people always talk about Apple as if it's a team of 12 people in a garage who can only focus on one or two things at a time? Apple is a conglomeration of thousands of such groups. Because one group focuses on something trivial-sounding like this doesn't mean the group working on the Pro and the Mini (or bug fixes or Siri or whatever else people are complaining about here) aren't continuing to do what they do. I don't understand this reaction.

They don't believe that at all. What they are saying is that out of all the more pressing security, and other app issues for this specific department of Apple to be worrying about the use of emojis should not be top priority. That's it.

I think they are just doing the easy fixes first.

The developers should just use android emoji's as their art. I'm sure that will make a statement.

 

[kemal]

Doesn't the OS have built in icons for the various levels of alert? I must be stuck in System 7 and ResEdit.

 

[unknownart]

Anyone know the reasoning behind Apple blocking this? Do they just not want developers to be lazy?

I figure if it looks good, it should be allowed. Nobody really owns Emojis anyway.

One reason:
Copyright and trademarks. Companies have an obligation to protect their creation when they discover infringment. To ignore it might allow the creation to fall out of the company's copyright/trademark.

Even if it "only" an emoji, that could cascade to other Company's "property".
An example in the use of emojis: Have you ever seen a emoji pillow of toy? Yep, someone licensed that likeness. There are stickers, candy, and toys... even an emoji movie. All money-making uses.

-not a lawyer

 

[inkswamp]

They don't believe that at all. What they are saying is that out of all the more pressing security, and other app issues for this specific department of Apple to be worrying about the use of emojis should not be top priority. That's it.

The person I quoted was referencing the Mini and the Pro so that's not entirely true, but I see what you're saying.

I also agree that this is a completely trivial issue and Apple does send weird messages when it makes these kinds of decisions.
[doublepost=1518032943][/doublepost]

I must be stuck in System 7 and ResEdit.

I'm pretty sure that's one of the circles in Hell.

 

[dannys1]

-Battery percentage (why did you take this away?)(yes I know you can CC for it, that's not what i'm asking for)

I was annoyed about this at first - but I actually prefer it now. I just never think about the battery anymore - I don't care what percentage it's got. It goes red when I need to care and that's all that matters.

 

[0958400]

Yo, Apple, time to look in on all those screenshots showing your emojis! How about suing there?
(sigh)

 

[dannys1]

Why do people always talk about Apple as if it's a team of 12 people in a garage who can only focus on one or two things at a time? Apple is a conglomeration of thousands of such groups. Because one group focuses on something trivial-sounding like this doesn't mean the group working on the Pro and the Mini (or bug fixes or Siri or whatever else people are complaining about here) aren't continuing to do what they do. I don't understand this reaction.

It's because people are a bit thick. Honestly.

 

[Elijen]

Good, Emojis are overused.

 

[bdrolshagen]

Stick with the SloBos, please - there's more to come.

 

[0388631]

Why do people always talk about Apple as if it's a team of 12 people in a garage who can only focus on one or two things at a time? Apple is a conglomeration of thousands of such groups. Because one group focuses on something trivial-sounding like this doesn't mean the group working on the Pro and the Mini (or bug fixes or Siri or whatever else people are complaining about here) aren't continuing to do what they do. I don't understand this reaction.

Glorified pixel pushers is what they are. Apple could spend more time debugging their software and less time making nanny-state rules on where a emoticon is and isn't allowed.

I was never a Jobs' fan and even he would have fired their asses for wasting resources over something so completely frivolous. Why the heck did Apple wait so long before implementing these rules?

 

[AxiomaticRubric]

That is a fair use exception under trademark law. Moreover, Paul Hegarty isn't publishing apps that are subject to App Store guidelines.

Of course Professor Hegarty wouldn't do this! The point was, some amateur developers may have watched his course, then taken his (purely example) use of emojii and went crazy with it, thinking there would be no harm in doing so.

Ok now is the part where we all laugh....

 

[cfurlin]

Good, Emojis are overused.

#emojifreeworld

 

[Eorlas]

I was annoyed about this at first - but I actually prefer it now. I just never think about the battery anymore - I don't care what percentage it's got. It goes red when I need to care and that's all that matters.

Red means 0%-20%. That's a big difference which can mean "charge now" or "charge soon-ish."

My boss had never cared about jailbreaking, even mocked me for it sometimes, but recently he came to me asking how to restore the % on the homescreen. I told him it was impossible at this stage without jb'ing. Reminds me there was a setting for it, and was dismayed when I showed him that it's gone. Asks me what app from the store can do it, I re-iterate that it's a system level function that is removed.

Now he's hanging out on 11.2.2 hoping the new exploits found pan out to something.

Settling for what Apple gives you because eventually you have no choice to accept it is probably the best reason why a jb should exist: options.

 

[dannys1]

Red means 0%-20%. That's a big difference which can mean "charge now" or "charge soon-ish."

My boss had never cared about jailbreaking, even mocked me for it sometimes, but recently he came to me asking how to restore the % on the homescreen. I told him it was impossible at this stage without jb'ing. Reminds me there was a setting for it, and was dismayed when I showed him that it's gone. Asks me what app from the store can do it, I re-iterate that it's a system level function that is removed.

Now he's hanging out on 11.2.2 hoping the new exploits found pan out to something.

Settling for what Apple gives you because eventually you have no choice to accept it is probably the best reason why a jb should exist: options.

Sure I think they should give people the option to have battery logo or percentage meter. I'd personally just stay with the battery meter though. You do get a notification you have to dismiss when it's 20% so you're aware of it and then you can just swipe down to check how close to 0 you are...but to be honest, I never get into those situations - I have wireless pads dotted around the place, in the car - I've honestly rarely seen my iPhone X get below 80%