Comments on: The Domino’s Effect http://gedblog.com/2009/11/12/the-dominos-effect/ A day in the life of me. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:47:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brad Brooks http://gedblog.com/2009/11/12/the-dominos-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-22762 Brad Brooks Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:02:09 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=1476#comment-22762 I think only a fool would say that the current app store approval system isn't flawed, but I do think that there needs to be some 'gatekeeping' for want of a better term, if only to ensure that Joe Public isn't filing class action suits against Apple when the crappy apps he's been loading up totally bork his iPhone. That said, the current review process needs overhauling, and the sooner the better. To bring it back to Rogue Amoeba, it's definitely six of one and half a dozen of the other. The app store review should never have let the 1.0 through in the first place, but RA have no grounds to complain when the update gets pulled when the reviewer (possibly a different person) spotted the infringement. I do agree that 4 weeks between submissions is unacceptable though. I think only a fool would say that the current app store approval system isn’t flawed, but I do think that there needs to be some ‘gatekeeping’ for want of a better term, if only to ensure that Joe Public isn’t filing class action suits against Apple when the crappy apps he’s been loading up totally bork his iPhone. That said, the current review process needs overhauling, and the sooner the better.

To bring it back to Rogue Amoeba, it’s definitely six of one and half a dozen of the other. The app store review should never have let the 1.0 through in the first place, but RA have no grounds to complain when the update gets pulled when the reviewer (possibly a different person) spotted the infringement. I do agree that 4 weeks between submissions is unacceptable though.

]]> By: Caleb http://gedblog.com/2009/11/12/the-dominos-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-22757 Caleb Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:49:48 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=1476#comment-22757 If Airfoil Speakers Touch is in violation then so is every VNC client and app with a UIWebView. Airfoil Speakers Touch does not contain the images, they are provided by the Mac client which uses public methods to get them. Much the same way a VNC app can connect to a Mac and display the Safari icon in the Dock or a webview can load apple.com and see images of Apple products including the iPhone. If the images were part of the app then there would be a violation, but the app is getting the images from a Mac on the network. If Airfoil Speakers Touch is in violation then so is every VNC client and app with a UIWebView. Airfoil Speakers Touch does not contain the images, they are provided by the Mac client which uses public methods to get them. Much the same way a VNC app can connect to a Mac and display the Safari icon in the Dock or a webview can load apple.com and see images of Apple products including the iPhone.

If the images were part of the app then there would be a violation, but the app is getting the images from a Mac on the network.

]]> By: Ged http://gedblog.com/2009/11/12/the-dominos-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-22756 Ged Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:44:44 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=1476#comment-22756 Brad, Yep, added the Larmarche link in Update II. He makes some good points. Just curious, why do you think what RA was doing in 1.0 was accepted by Apple but not in the update? Do you think that was RA's fault or Apple's for approving something they shouldn't have? In other words, do you think the review process is okay and it's totally RA's fault, or that it's inconsistent / broken? Brad,

Yep, added the Larmarche link in Update II. He makes some good points. Just curious, why do you think what RA was doing in 1.0 was accepted by Apple but not in the update? Do you think that was RA’s fault or Apple’s for approving something they shouldn’t have? In other words, do you think the review process is okay and it’s totally RA’s fault, or that it’s inconsistent / broken?

]]> By: Brad Brooks http://gedblog.com/2009/11/12/the-dominos-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-22754 Brad Brooks Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:20:14 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=1476#comment-22754 Ged, that's all very well, but the Rogue Amoeba guys were doing something that they knew was explicitly against the rules. And they did it again, and again. Crying foul when you know you're in the wrong doesn't make you any less wrong. Jeff LaMarche sums it up excellently here: http://bit.ly/3wDq9F Ged, that’s all very well, but the Rogue Amoeba guys were doing something that they knew was explicitly against the rules. And they did it again, and again. Crying foul when you know you’re in the wrong doesn’t make you any less wrong. Jeff LaMarche sums it up excellently here: http://bit.ly/3wDq9F

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