AppGratis pulled from the App Store. Here’s the full story

Re:AppGratis pulled from the App Store. Here’s the full story by idunno246 on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @04:41PM (#5521198)

Yes. From the developer agreement(which is more explicit than the submission guidelines), pretty much every app violates this:

2.2 You may not use the APN or Local Notifications for the purposes of advertising, product promotion, or direct marketing of any kind (e.g., up-selling, cross-selling, etc.), including, but not limited to, sending any messages to promote the use of Your Application or advertise the availability of new features or versions.

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Re:AppGratis pulled from the App Store. Here’s the full story by gojomo on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @05:28PM (#5521531)

Thanks for that pointer. I'm surprise that highlighting new versions or existing features is prohibited. I've received quite a few such messages from major apps -- Zynga, Facebook, other leading games. Are they all being kicked out of the App Store?

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Re:AppGratis pulled from the App Store. Here’s the full story by idunno246 on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @07:10PM (#5522087)

I was once tasked almost word-for-word in violation of this(at a small company). I argued and quoted and the executive response was 'everyone else is doing it so we'll do it until we get caught'

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Re:AppGratis pulled from the App Store. Here’s the full story by krichman on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @11:46PM (#5523109)

Yep, just like uploading the entire contacts list. Everyone did it until they got caught.

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