Vote4Me: Rejected by the iPhone App Store(ajaykapal.com)
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Vote4Me: Rejected by the iPhone App Store
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Haha lighten up. Of course the quotes are taken out of context... that's the point.
Seems pretty neutral to me if he's got both parties represented, and there are already other apps on the iPhone that are specifically geared towards one party that will be largely useless in 2 days (the Obama for President app for example).
My guess was that they were worried about copyright issues with the clips? It just doesn't seem controversial enough to reject it on that basis alone.
Seems pretty neutral to me if he's got both parties represented, and there are already other apps on the iPhone that are specifically geared towards one party that will be largely useless in 2 days (the Obama for President app for example).
My guess was that they were worried about copyright issues with the clips? It just doesn't seem controversial enough to reject it on that basis alone.
Doesn't it disturb you that political discourse has sunk so low that out of context quotes are enough evidence on which to judge candidates?
The Obama app at least had a fair amount of utility. What utility does this app have?
The Obama app at least had a fair amount of utility. What utility does this app have?
Yeah. The Obama one was incredibly functional, and while I haven't seen any follow-up stories on it, I'd love to see how it was used after its release.
This one seems like crude garbage. Whether Apple should have that control is another question, but if the argument is "does this app have merit?" the answer is no.
This one seems like crude garbage. Whether Apple should have that control is another question, but if the argument is "does this app have merit?" the answer is no.
Count me in as someone not surprised that Apple isn't crudding the App Store up with listings for applications that will be obsolete 4 days after they're submitted. In fact, given the timeline, it's possible the app wouldn't have even made it up until after the election.
The problem isn't editorial control of their store, it's that their store is the only means to distribute a public app. If they allowed you distribute an app on your own (like you do for desktop apps) it wouldn't be a big deal when an app isn't accepted.
You can distribute apps on your own; it's just that the process to do it is cumbersome. I can make excuses for why that's a reasonable restriction (Apple has some reasonable restrictions for iPhone apps that would be hard to enforce in the presence of popular ad hoc app distribution systems), but they won't be convincing to you.
Look, I probably agree that in a perfect world, stupid apps like this one would still be listed for download somewhere. So I'm not going to argue that the circumstances here are a win for the app store. I'm just trying to recognize that Apple has an extremely ambitious and interesting strategy for iPhone developers, which complicates things in weird ways. I'd rather have the Apple-controlled app store than what OS X has, and I'd 1000000% rather have it than what the RAZR has.
Look, I probably agree that in a perfect world, stupid apps like this one would still be listed for download somewhere. So I'm not going to argue that the circumstances here are a win for the app store. I'm just trying to recognize that Apple has an extremely ambitious and interesting strategy for iPhone developers, which complicates things in weird ways. I'd rather have the Apple-controlled app store than what OS X has, and I'd 1000000% rather have it than what the RAZR has.
A distinguishing fact about markets is that they let consumers decide what is useful and what is not.
What's a precedent for an online market for downloadable apps, where that market is the primary venue for the platform, where users have enough control over the listings to prevent them from getting swamped with crap (such as individually packaged apps for each Project Gutenberg text), but not enough control to game the system?
There are certainly UI issues. However, I do believe there are precedents for open marketplaces that are not overrun by crap. The digital music businessed of iTunes and Amazon do a good job of being open to any vendor while giving the most popular artists the most exposure to casual browsers.
The thing that bugs me most about this app is the unrealistic physics model on the bobble-head.
Obama saying 57 states is just a mistake, have you ever said one word when you meant another? I can't find any video or audio that has more context than just the 57 states slip up. Probably because Obama is so well spoken and the rest of the clip would bore people with short attention spans.
I'm not an American and I find that application tasteless. Nothing wrong with poking fun of our candidates if it keeps people interested but companies generally want to be neutral and not associated with things like this.