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Re:Complaining iOS Developers are missing the point: Apple p... by cooldeal on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @06:39PM (#2464525)
>I can argue that every rule in the App Store contributes to making it a more effective developer->user market than the open web.

Really? What about Apple banning an Android magazine app? The user must be shielded from alternates for their own good so that they won't get tempted to shift to an inferior device?

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/11/26/apple-bans-android-ma...

And what about a prototyping app like this one? http://blog.robrhyne.com/post/1015614125/google-voice-says-h...

Those are just the tip of the iceberg. Taking a year to judge a Google voice app? Good for the user!

>: the App Store is oriented towards exposing and supporting great apps, not just apps in general. It’s a philosophy that says “What users need is 50 great apps, not 10,000 average apps”.

Taking a 5 minute look at a few of the 300K apps in the app store is enough to dispel this, Apple approves trite apps all the time.

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Re:Complaining iOS Developers are missing the point: Apple p... by 2muchcoffeeman on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @07:01PM (#2464582)
It's a hierarchy. Apple > Users > Devs > Partners. I think all their actions when viewed through this filter make sense.
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Re:Complaining iOS Developers are missing the point: Apple p... by CountSessine on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @09:54PM (#2464951)
Indeed. Compare and contrast:

Google > advertisers > strategic partners (e.g. open handset) > search users > search targets > Adsense partners

Microsoft > application devs > enterprise IT > small business IT > users

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Re:Complaining iOS Developers are missing the point: Apple p... by WiseWeasel on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @11:04PM (#2465092)
The latter might be more like: Microsoft > Hardware OEM Partners > Enterprise IT > 3rd-Party Windows Devs > Small-Business IT > Users
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Re:Complaining iOS Developers are missing the point: Apple p... by nerdtastic5 on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @07:02PM (#2464587)
I said every "rule" and I guess I meant it generally. I certainly didn't mean to imply that every capricious Apple decision is good for users.
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Re:Complaining iOS Developers are missing the point: Apple p... by nooneelse on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @02:00PM (#2467648)
To crib an idea I saw a few days back on hn: if something doesn't work in absolutist terms, perhaps it shouldn't be expressed in absolutist terms.
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