Comments on: PodcasterGate: The Great App Rejection Debate

By: Alejandro Hoeppner

Alejandro Hoeppner — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:31:16 +0000

Thank you! I really appreciate your article, in fact I think you deserve a thumbs up.

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:08:56 +0000

Seriously, Microsoft is really losing it in the evil stakes these days. They used to be really good at evil. Now Apple is kicking their backsides for evil. When Steve Jobs goes "MuWAAAhahahaha!", the brainwashed minions listen. His henchmen are really loyal, not just getting paid to be. Poor Ballmer.

By: Andi Blija

Andi Blija — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:31:57 +0000

I wonder about the development of Apple’s products and Apps that are already in place. For example, take Pandora and “Genius” playlists in iTunes… since Pandora offers a similar service, is it going to get tossed out now that iTunes offers a similar, competitive product?

Interestingly, it reminds me of World of Warcraft and their open UI. As WoW updated, some apps became outdated because WoW looked at what users were creating and they integrated the best ideas into their own. Which is fine, but now we’re talking about developers that are trying to sell a product. It just doesn’t seem very encouraging…

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:55:23 +0000

@Darren,

Apple doesn't view the iPhone as a computer, but as a device more like a Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, or traditional mobile phone.

Microsoft certainly controls the Xbox platform, as Nintendo does the Wii and DS.

Is it illegal that I can't make any PSP game I want? No. But it can be very annoying to consumers and developers alike.

There are real issues here, but I worry they may get lost in the hyperbole.

By: Darren Oakey

Darren Oakey — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:51:41 +0000

Does it seem strange to anyone else that when a company like Microsoft (who hasn’t even locked down the platform – you can always install linux or others) – just bundles their own apps with their OS, everybody treats it like they’ve just slaughtered a bunch of babies – but when Apple makes a closed platform – explicitly denies anyone the right to compete with them (which must be just simply illegal) and stomps on anything which may benefit the consumers but hurt their income – we just say it’s “their platform”. Double standards or what. I’m not saying Microsoft hasn’t done evil things, but compared to what Apple is currently doing, they look ready to be canonized.

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:55:47 +0000

@Danny

You can go here http://www.nextdayoff.com/ and fill out the form and then you can get the application.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:57:55 +0000

I had been waiting for the Podcaster app (would have been my first app to buy) to be approved and am now thinking maybe I should have waited for Google Android.

Why does Apple consistently come close to perfect but always mucks something up in the end? (i.e. AppleTV should have had DVR functionality, original iPod Touch should have had speaker/mic from getgo, etc.)

By: Bill Taroli

Bill Taroli — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:53:33 +0000

Well, the other thing this whole issue does is focus more attention on the Jailbroken dev community. If Apple’s intent really is to build a developer community (which I question due to the NDA) then the best way is to keep the process as transparent as possible. Right now, you toss things over the wall and then duck to see if it comes flying back at you.

By: Todd Cochrane

Todd Cochrane — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:36:04 +0000

This is the second podcast application that was rejected by Apple. Another was rejected a week earlier..

http://podcastanswerman.com/itunes-app-store-denies-iphone-without-consistency/

Note: We have stopped our companies development of a podcast application due to Apples Actions. I am no way associated with either app that was rejected.