Comments on: State of the Apps: Approaching 10,000 Apps and Avoiding Rejection Traps http://www.imore.com/2008/12/01/state-apps-approaching-10000-apps-avoiding-rejection-traps/ More of everything iPhone and iPad Sat, 26 May 2012 11:18:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: WhatsUrStory http://www.imore.com/2008/12/01/state-apps-approaching-10000-apps-avoiding-rejection-traps/comment-page-1/#comment-29500 WhatsUrStory Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:20:08 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=5779#comment-29500 <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>insyead of apps where the developer had to take a significant upfront risk - the kind that can truly advance or be selling points for the platform themselves?</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Well said! Here is an example that users want and Apple has been holding up forever. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/mobicip</p>

insyead of apps where the developer had to take a significant upfront risk - the kind that can truly advance or be selling points for the platform themselves?

Well said! Here is an example that users want and Apple has been holding up forever. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/mobicip

]]> By: 1337 http://www.imore.com/2008/12/01/state-apps-approaching-10000-apps-avoiding-rejection-traps/comment-page-1/#comment-21960 1337 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:49:12 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=5779#comment-21960 <p>What's wrong wtb an iPod touch mic???? Apple makes one!!! Jeezzz iPhone blog, do your research</p> What's wrong wtb an iPod touch mic???? Apple makes one!!! Jeezzz iPhone blog, do your research

]]> By: Badmofo63 http://www.imore.com/2008/12/01/state-apps-approaching-10000-apps-avoiding-rejection-traps/comment-page-1/#comment-21944 Badmofo63 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:46:29 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=5779#comment-21944 <p>Gah! How long is it going to take before Documents to Go is published???</p> Gah! How long is it going to take before Documents to Go is published???

]]> By: iairmanshirk http://www.imore.com/2008/12/01/state-apps-approaching-10000-apps-avoiding-rejection-traps/comment-page-1/#comment-21913 iairmanshirk Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:26:39 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=5779#comment-21913 <p>go app store!!</p> go app store!!

]]> By: Christopher Vitek http://www.imore.com/2008/12/01/state-apps-approaching-10000-apps-avoiding-rejection-traps/comment-page-1/#comment-21910 Christopher Vitek Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:00:47 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=5779#comment-21910 <p>Hmmm....so we have reviewed about 1.1% of the apps. Better get busy! :)</p> Hmmm....so we have reviewed about 1.1% of the apps. Better get busy! :)

]]> By: fassy http://www.imore.com/2008/12/01/state-apps-approaching-10000-apps-avoiding-rejection-traps/comment-page-1/#comment-21908 fassy Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:46:15 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=5779#comment-21908 <p>There needs to be way more <em>explicit</em> rules for entrance into the App Store. While many devs I know would prefer some background ability, most of them are ok with the rule, because it is spelled out clearly as a restriction before they start. When they know what they are getting into, they can plan.</p> <p>The arbitrary nature of rejections, on the other hand - competing with as-yet-unannounced Apple features, the same app being rejected once and then accepted unchanged on resubmission, and so on, make many developers reluctant to commit. In a store where one single button dialer app counts as 4 listed apps, how many of those 10k apps are trivial or duplicative functions, insyead of apps where the developer had to take a significant upfront risk - the kind that can truly advance or be selling points for the platform themselves? The point is not to trash the apps or the App store - Apple deserves kudos for smashing the carrier model, and there are some outstanding programs there - but to note the danger amidst the celebration. Even as the iPhone is riding high, some apps of note will not be developed, or developed for other platfroms, because those developers will not commit the time or money when it could be for naught, <em>after</em> those costs have been sunk, for at best ill-defined reasons. So kudos to Apple for reaching this milestone, but please, as a mostly happy iPhone user, I am begging you, work with your developers; do not repeat the Macintosh mistake of pushing developers away until an otherwise inferior platform overtakes and swamps you.</p> <p>(Posted from my iPhone, so please forgive any typos :) )</p> There needs to be way more explicit rules for entrance into the App Store. While many devs I know would prefer some background ability, most of them are ok with the rule, because it is spelled out clearly as a restriction before they start. When they know what they are getting into, they can plan.

The arbitrary nature of rejections, on the other hand - competing with as-yet-unannounced Apple features, the same app being rejected once and then accepted unchanged on resubmission, and so on, make many developers reluctant to commit. In a store where one single button dialer app counts as 4 listed apps, how many of those 10k apps are trivial or duplicative functions, insyead of apps where the developer had to take a significant upfront risk - the kind that can truly advance or be selling points for the platform themselves? The point is not to trash the apps or the App store - Apple deserves kudos for smashing the carrier model, and there are some outstanding programs there - but to note the danger amidst the celebration. Even as the iPhone is riding high, some apps of note will not be developed, or developed for other platfroms, because those developers will not commit the time or money when it could be for naught, after those costs have been sunk, for at best ill-defined reasons. So kudos to Apple for reaching this milestone, but please, as a mostly happy iPhone user, I am begging you, work with your developers; do not repeat the Macintosh mistake of pushing developers away until an otherwise inferior platform overtakes and swamps you.

(Posted from my iPhone, so please forgive any typos :) )

]]> By: Steve http://www.imore.com/2008/12/01/state-apps-approaching-10000-apps-avoiding-rejection-traps/comment-page-1/#comment-21903 Steve Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:47:59 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=5779#comment-21903 <p>I think there needs to be WAY more rules and requirements in order for apps to be approved. It's Thunderdome!</p> I think there needs to be WAY more rules and requirements in order for apps to be approved. It's Thunderdome!

]]>