Pandora 40 hour limit

[Looon]

Does anyone know why Pandora's 40 hour limit doesn't affect the iphone version of the service? Is it a glitch that they just haven't fixed after all this time or are the doing it on purpose? It seems like eventually they'll have to do something about this

 

[gks]

Does anyone know why Pandora's 40 hour limit doesn't affect the iphone version of the service? Is it a glitch that they just haven't fixed after all this time or are the doing it on purpose? It seems like eventually they'll have to do something about this

I suspect it has to do with the App Store policies. You can't do "demo" apps. So... it probably falls under that.

 

[SDub90]

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I think it's because they pay royalties for every song played and the ads shown on the desktop declines as you reach the 40 hour limit and the mobile version shows a consistent number of ads, allowing them to play more songs.

 

[gks]

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I think it's because they pay royalties for every song played and the ads shown on the desktop declines as you reach the 40 hour limit and the mobile version shows a consistent number of ads, allowing them to play more songs.

Pretty sure that's not the case. Apple's App Store policy is simple. Your app has to remain functioning indefinitely. It cannot have a time limit on it or any bogus "Demo" issues. You can make a "Lite" app that has fewer features, but you can't make it stop functioning after a week or a a month. It has to continue to keep functioning. If Pandora stopped functioning after 40 hours, then it would effectively be a demo that stopped functioning. Thus, breaking the App Store rules.