Apple's "benign dictatorship" of the App Store leaves users, devs in the dark.

Re:Apple's "benign dictatorship" of the App Store leaves use... by abruzzi on Thursday June 14, 2012 @03:14PM (#4113021)

I'm just curious, are there any instances of Apple Killing already purchased apps? I know I still have a 4 year old tethering app. I don't know if it even works on current versions, but I just haven't deleted it. I still have VLC for iOS. So it seems like the family's paranoia that apple will kill the already purchased app overblown.

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Re:Apple's "benign dictatorship" of the App Store leaves use... by oth3r on Friday June 15, 2012 @03:35AM (#4115475)

I had an app called HandyLight that let you use 3G tethering without paying AT&T's extra monthly fee.

When I upgraded to the iPhone 4S from the iPhone 4, the .ipa wouldn't install. Even when I tried to add it through iTunes, it would immediately delete itself.

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Re:Apple's "benign dictatorship" of the App Store leaves use... by xtractinator on Thursday June 14, 2012 @06:14PM (#4113797)

Yes, there was an app that had a back-door built into it so the app could be secretly used to jail-break the device it was running on. This was pulled from the market.

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Re:Apple's "benign dictatorship" of the App Store leaves use... by Jtsummers on Thursday June 14, 2012 @11:26PM (#4114776)

Pulled from the market != killed.

They've pulled many apps for various reasons, so far they haven't reached into user devices and removed/disabled apps.

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