Comments on: Facebook iPhone App Dev Quits Over App Store Policies

By: Claysocar

Claysocar — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:38:35 +0000

It seems to me that if Joe hewitt knows how to write code, it wouldn’t be so hard to comply with apples criteria…. ( what I’ve heard about it is you simply can’t step on toes, and it can’t be harmful- viruses and such….) I have come up with an idea for an app that is being developed by a team as we speak, and it will work for iPhone, AND Android……Also, when people take other people’s code and splash it in cuz they don’t know how to do it themselves, or are too lazy, problems can come up with approval…… Wouldn’t think that someone as high profile as Joe hewitt would have a problem making it work…..

By: katie

katie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:21:14 +0000

uhhh… may be I think he is right..Apple should listen to what he says and see if there is anything that both of them would be happy

By: Henri

Henri — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:39:23 +0000

…and to think that they lured us in by smashing an image of big brother. Ironic.

By: Cityimages

Cityimages — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:41:16 +0000

Oh, facebook now is very popular service, good idea to Iphone`s owners

By: ????????

???????? — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:44:17 +0000

Interesting post) I was just gonna to buy this gadget. You see, its the best phone in USA. Of course, a bit expensive but its worth that) Thank u

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:54:45 +0000

The iPhone is the best phone. I jailbroke mine since I didn’t rent the phone from apple, I bought it. It’s just a matter of time till a company makes a better phone and all the unhappy AT&T users and iPhone developers will remember all the nasty things that Apple has done, Apple is making a grave mistake and that is they do not have user loyalty.

By: Devindra Hardawar

Devindra Hardawar — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:37:42 +0000

Ben, you’re right, I should have said he’s the highest profile dev so far to drop out.

Johnny, I hear you. Part of Apple’s appeal comes from the control of their platform, but at the same it’s one of their biggest weaknesses. I don’t think they can afford to carry on in the mobile space as they did on the desktop.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:50:13 +0000

This is why Apple computers never took off and why the PC is so popular.
If Apples would have been smart about it they would have been in every business and home like the PC is now. They hit it out of the park with the iPod then really struck gold with the iPhone and had the opportunity to do something and now they are killing it. The droid although a really good phone is still not quite as good in my book as the iPhone (as a whole). Whatever it does that the iPhone does not Apple will probably allow (multi-tasking for instance) but the developers leaving because of Apples BS tactics will eventually push the iPhone below the droid. They have some brilliant ideas and the people who work on R&D and come up with the ideas at Apple I think are some of the best. It’s the execution and maintenance of the products that sucks ass.

Apple get it together or you WILL loose! people are already starting to leave the iPhone as a customer and developer. You will not be able to sustain this top of the heap status when all you have left is fart apps and noise makers.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:49:47 +0000

Hmm, just to be fair: J Hewitt is by far not the first developer to quit the app store over their preposterous approval policies. Some dev’s have left, some have even left and come back. It’s an ongoing struggle. The App store has enormous appeal to developers, for its sheer size, the ease of use and the beauty of Cocoa programming. This stands against the seemingly arrogant, often badly-informed and demoralisingly inconsistent review process.

I’m sad to hear that Joe decided to drop out, and I hope that Apple will listen up. But to be honest, I’m not very hopeful. The App Store allure is still too strong to make any concerted action by a majority of developers very likely.

By: Smitty

Smitty — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:27:16 +0000

Some days I wonder how Apple can be so progressive and regressive at the same time. I hope they get their *&^$ together in the app approval process soon.