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arstechnica.com - 9/12/2008

Apple denies iPhone podcast app for "duplicating iTunes"

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Podcaster looks to be a great new iPhone app that can download posts on the fly when you can't get back to your main iTunes library to sync for new episodes. The only problem is that you may never be able to use it, thanks to Apple. Read More...

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speirs.org - 9/13/2008

Fraser Speirs – App Store: I’m out.

— speirs.org — App Store: I’m out. I will never write another iPhone application for the App Store as currently... constituted*. Writing software is a serious investment of time and energy. It also carries the opportunity cost of the other things you could have built. ... (more) Fraser Speirs – App Store: I’m out.

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blog.wired.com - 9/19/2008

IPhone Developers Go From Rags to Riches

— blog.wired.com — The iPhone is a revolutionary handset. But it is also the key to a virtual gold mine:... The iTunes App Store, where independent developers can become multi-millionaires in just a year. Since its launch in July, the App Store has grown to become an ... (more) IPhone Developers Go From Rags to Riches

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daringfireball.net - 9/13/2008

★ The App Store’s Exclusionary Policies

— daringfireball.net — http://speirs.org/2008/09/12/app-store-im-out/ (more) ★ The App Store’s Exclusionary Policies

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App Store Blacklist: Podcaster Too iTunesy [App Store]
Gizmodo — ... —so no jailbreak required—for a donation of $9.99, but if it gets popular, we don't know how the ad-hoc distribution system would hold up. (I thought there was a limit of 100 for that, but maybe I'm wrong.) [Ars Technica] ...

‘Podcaster’ Application Unfortunately Denied From App Store
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... light. Given that a rejection on these grounds is certainly promoting “anti-competitve” behavior, why are none of the numerous calculator, weather and stock ticker apps subjected to the same scrutiny? At any rate, unless we see some sort of appeals process in the near future, Podcaster will be distributed for a donation of $9.99 through the iTunes Store’s ad-hoc system. If interested, click here to sign up and await further instruction. [via Ars Technica]

Apple's App Store schizophrenia driving developers crazy
MacBytes.com — ... not wasted n weeks or months of development time," developer Jonathan Wight told Ars. "But I am really annoyed about Pull My Finger getting banned though. That's the one rejection that I have the biggest issue with from a developer's perspective Apple is [being] pretty schizo." Duplicate functionality or fear of competition? The other reason Apple has provided when denying at least two apps' entry to the App Store is "duplicating functionality." The first app known to have been denied for this reason is Podcaster. Developer Al Sokirynsky was told that "since Podcaster ...