Pigs! Apple should be enforced to carry a non-closed app store. Apple would bow if the alternative were to loose European market. Don't understand that Europe accepts such huge /closed/ application ecosystems. (Android is open, fine; Microsoft is tiny, not relevant (yet?)).
That would be nice. But didn't Europe try to force Apple to use standard chargers and they just ignored that too? I don't think Apple cares very much. For the charger issue they made some sort of crappy adapter no one will use. So if you forced them to make an open app store it would probably be a similar joke.
The most glaring thing that stands out to me in this situation is how mismanaged the review process is that one person allows the app into the store, no problem, and another yanks it after it's been featured on tech blogs and made a solid number of sales. Their review process is disorganized and determined by the arbitrary whims of random, individual reviewers.
I'm glad I managed to snag Launcher on Friday evening before it was yanked, but by the time I had it set up and decided I wanted the pro version it was gone.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 21.8 ms ] threadBecause Android is the dominant player by a large margin in Europe.
It's a risky business. This is a good lesson for investors as well. When you have a sole company deciding your fate, stuff like this will happen.
This isn't the first time this has happened, and it won't be the last.
I feel bad for the guy, but this is the risk we take when writing apps for apple.
I'm glad I managed to snag Launcher on Friday evening before it was yanked, but by the time I had it set up and decided I wanted the pro version it was gone.
At least that is what Peter Borg does with Lingon (https://sites.fastspring.com/peterborgapps/product/lingonx).