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Apple relaxes App Store restrictions
This meant that a developer had to either buy separate tools for iOS and every other platform, or else make a choice of one over the other, which could be prohibitively expensive for an independent coder. In an unusual turn of events, however, it seems Apple is backtracking on some of its previous decisions and has announced it will loosen restrictions on tools used by developers to build apps for its mobile devices as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. In Apple's words, "this should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need."
The company also promised to be more transparent about its App Store approval process and for the first time published a set of guidelines to help understand how they review submitted apps. The sudden policy change could be a result of many things, not least a response to the outcry of developers thinking of defecting to the fast-growing Android platform and the ongoing FTC investigation into the company's SDK rules. Whatever the case, a more transparent approval process is good news for both developers and iOS users.
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It shouldn't have even come to this in the first place!
I wonder what the exact reasons for this change really are though...
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natefalk said:
It shouldn't have even come to this in the first place!totally agree. They sort of shot themselves in the foot for trying to be too controlling. If only they would have listened 6 months ago...
With Win7 Phone on the horizon, they are probably predicting even more market share loss. Especially since most devs are already familiar with Visual Studios, C#, Silverlight and XNA... how many devs know how to use Objective-C without a reference manual?
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In Apple's words, "this should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security (read: power overwhelming) we need."
I don't appreciate a company who enjoys playing God this much.
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tengeta said:
"Think Different... while we approve your app for our store"
I don't remember where I saw that but man its good.
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Well don't buy Apple...simple.
They're overpriced and **** any ways.
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