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Re:Apple yanks Wi-Fi detectors from App Store by allenbrunson on Thursday March 04, 2010 @04:20PM (#1168067)
apple does indeed sell apps of its own in the store:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/texas-holdem/id284602850?mt=8

it seems like they are for the most part playing fair: apple's apps don't use private apis, they are required to compete against other apps the same as the rest of us, and so on. if there have been any violations of that "gentleman's agreement," i haven't heard about them, and i pay a lot of attention to the blogosphere on this subject.

it seems to be only the apps that are installed by default on the device that get special treatment.

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Re:Apple yanks Wi-Fi detectors from App Store by gte910h on Saturday March 06, 2010 @03:39PM (#1172124)
No they're not. Anything too similar to an apple app gets the boot.
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Re:Apple yanks Wi-Fi detectors from App Store by jcl on Monday March 08, 2010 @09:32AM (#1175367)
Can you cite an example where an app has gotten the boot for being too similar to an Apple app that is sold in the store (i.e. one that does not come installed by default on the phone)?
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