Day 1 Of Unretina In The Mac App Store … Wowsers

Re:Day 1 Of Unretina In The Mac App Store … Wowsers by steveklabnik on Friday January 07, 2011 @08:25AM (#2079445)

Didn't Apple say that they weren't going to accept apps that already do the same thing as other apps, at least at some point? And that there had to be a minimum usefulness to anything that's let in?

Of course, this will be arbitrary, but still.

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Re:Day 1 Of Unretina In The Mac App Store … Wowsers by moe on Friday January 07, 2011 @09:12AM (#2079552)

Didn't Apple say that they weren't going to accept apps that already do the same thing as other apps

That would be very annoying.

Choice is good - and with proper categorization and search it would only add value, not remove any. The user-votes should bubble the good stuff to the top, right?

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Re:Day 1 Of Unretina In The Mac App Store … Wowsers by steveklabnik on Friday January 07, 2011 @10:03AM (#2079704)

Theoretically. See section 2.8: http://pastie.org/1236378

> Apps that duplicate apps already in the App Store may be rejected, particularly if there are many of them

I've been kinda down on users voting on things, lately. I mean, on Reddit, does voting ensure that the best things actually go to the top?

Also, you're assuming that users actually want this; most people want a decision made for them. At least, that's what the data I've seen from a few different sites has shown.

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Re:Day 1 Of Unretina In The Mac App Store … Wowsers by aw3c2 on Friday January 07, 2011 @09:28AM (#2079608)

That reminds me of patents. Do/Discover something first, have an exclusive right on it for many years.

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Re:Day 1 Of Unretina In The Mac App Store … Wowsers by steveklabnik on Friday January 07, 2011 @10:04AM (#2079706)

Yeah, sort of. If they decide it, I don't think that it'll be used in a "There are only 5 word processors" way, more like a "1000 fart apps" way.

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