John Gruber on the rejection of Eucalyptus, an ebook reader that can download content from Project Gutenberg, because the reviewer was able to search for and download the Kama Sutra.
I couldn’t quite come up with the words to express my feeling on this yet. I like John’s.
The App Store is so infuriating, developer-hostile, overly complex, and needlessly obtuse that it’s an embarrassment to Apple and all of the developers caught up in its ecosystem.
We’re making them a ton of money. Remember how Ethan Nichols has made over $800,000 (probably a lot more by now) from iShoot? For every $1,000,000 earned by developers, Apple earns $428,571. And that’s not even counting the ripple effects of selling more iPhone OS devices.
It’s time for them to start treating us like the business associates that we are.
And the status quo couldn’t be further from that.
(via marco)
If that’s the bar for rejecting apps, Safari has got to go. I don’t know if Apple is aware of this, but you can find some really messed up stuff on the web these days.
Next to reject is email. At least if you have friends like mine.
And then the Tumblr app, because there is some professionally shot b&w stuff on here that no Puritan Apple user should be exposed to.
And lastly, Instapaper has to go. What’s stopping me from going to Literotica, then clicking “read later” on an Elaine Benes gangbang Seinfeld story? Don’t give me that look.
Please saves us from ourselves, Apple iPhone App Review Overlords!
