It's their store I agree, the problem is that they have a Monopoly on it. They would make you believe that anything otherwise would not be safe. On OS X you can install anything that you trust and it's working very well -for me at least-.
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Numerous Apps Caught up in Apple's New App Store Review Policy to Ban Gambling-Related Apps
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It's their store I agree, the problem is that they have a Monopoly on it. They would make you believe that anything otherwise would not be safe. On OS X you can install anything that you trust and it's working very well -for me at least-.
I would prefer that to in fact be the case. The whole point of having parental or rating controls is that it restricts content. As soon as "the internet" is part of the content, you have absolutely removed all form of restriction because control has been fully yielded to "the internet."
Even with this gambling stuff.. if there is some government regulation about access to gambling, and gambling sites esist on the internet, and your app allows internet access.. well, your app allows gambling. Indirectly, but still true.
You are right. But the whole idea of the "walled garden", where user is not trusted to make a decision what and how to install on the own device smells worse and worse. I don't want even the most benign and honest of policemen to guard my every step. And (concerning the quality and usefulness of the apps) Apple's store is still a trashbin. When looking for a pocket astronomy / skyviewer app, I found only ONE that had clear privacy policy saying "none of your private data is collected and sent to the developer". All the rest, while being paid and sometimes expensive, had most ridiculous excuses for their "need" to send uplink astounding amount of data about your location, wifi connections etc. "The walled garden" has quite a crappy fence which helps only thieves, not the user.
But parental controls are determined at the user level, not at the app store level. There is no way for a developer to know if their app is being downloaded for use with parental controls enabled, or without.
in other news, devs have been using shady codes to circumvent loopholes and got caught. next time, be more honest on how your app works so you dont embarrass yourself
My educational apps that help casino table games dealers practice their payouts, #1 app used by casino dealing schools, and casino managment to train other employees were also banned yesterday. The apps are used by all the Casino Dealing Schools and have helped people better their careers. It's disappointing when you put the time and money into a platform only to have them ban it after 3 years. I have appealed that it's not simulating from the gamblers point of view but simulating from the dealers point of view. I know it's a small difference but gambling is legal everywhere that is using my app so this ban is very disappointing.
It also looks like it's a knock against independent developers as well because if you are an 'entity' there isn't a problem.
It also looks like it's a knock against independent developers as well because if you are an 'entity' there isn't a problem.
I too had an app rejected. Mine helps people lose less money at video poker. It has no access to illegal gambling and no external web links. I understand that Apple is applying a big filter to, as they say, “comply with government requests to address online gambling”. What I don’t understand is why they wouldn’t also comply with government requests to access the phones of, eg, the San Bernardino shooters.
When an app has been developed, evaluated and published in the store, shouldn't be Apple be providing a fair warning to customers when their apps are "at risk" of being removed?
Is it too much to ask to receive an email that says "we changed policies and your app is at risk of being removed. do something about it". Too much to ask??
My app got caught in the same ********* and what it does is to notify clients that the food is ready...
We, the developers, do we need start to worry not only to deal with unreasonable clients and start worrying also of a host (Apple) that according to their mood wipe away people livelihood at the press of a button?
I don't care if it has been caused by Artificial or Human Stupidity... but this demonstrates the little consideration Apple has for their "partners".
I, in the meantime, based on this decision alone I have lost $2000 dollars... as the project is deliverable to my client today and the product it's not there! (who cares that was there for 2 months... right?).
Oh? Then Apple just keeps forcing all other browsers to use Safari engine even after Safari is removed, just like what it does for quite a couple of years.It's funny to know there are people buying Apple WatchPeople should waste time on Apple watch and Apple Maps!
[doublepost=1533817252][/doublepost]Safari is another application which run dead slow!...Nobody would care to download it if Apple stops bundling it with their OS.
I remember when Jobs started mouthing off about not allowing frameworks like Cordova and Unity on the platform, demanding everything was written in ObjectiveC / Xcode.
That was interesting times, after getting so many developers on board, to just leave them hanging about whether their apps would one day be getting banned. Apple loves and has always supported developers.
By developers I mean money.