Apple bars Danish Android magazine from App Store

Apple bars Danish Android magazine from App Store
Apple bars Danish Android magazine from App Store | Electronista

Nothing but more "sour grapes". It's Apple's App store and they can do with it and control what they please. If certain members of the rag media don't like that, let them shop elsewhere.

chscag said:

Nothing but more "sour grapes". It's Apple's App store and they can do with it and control what they please. If certain members of the rag media don't like that, let them shop elsewhere.

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Your argumentation would be praised by the North-Korean polite bureau.
More like a "sour apple" to me. This shows a real downside to the tight AppStore regime.

Hmmmm. I'm failing to see the big deal here....

baggss said:

Hmmmm. I'm failing to see the big deal here....

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Certain types of people like to turn everything into a big deal regardless if it's not.

That's nothing. I hear Apple won't even sell PCs in its retail stores!

technologist said:

That's nothing. I hear Apple won't even sell PCs in its retail stores!

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But they do sell pc's in the apple retail stores .

Serious: its not a deal breaker for me, but this kind of restriction shows the negative side of a closed system. There are enough benefits though. But just because its apple's store I will not applaud every move they make. On the other hand I will not buy another smartphone on the basis of this move...

And even when it is not a big deal, I thought it was worth discussing

Jailbrake. Download. Move on.

Borix said:

On the other hand I will not buy another smartphone on the basis of this move...

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So wait, you're not going to buy another smartphone because Apple won't approve a craptastic Android magazine app for the App Store?

That statement seems to confirm what I said above.

schweb said:

So wait, you're not going to buy another smartphone because Apple won't approve a craptastic Android magazine app for the App Store?

That statement seems to confirm what I said above.

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The two weeks I have been using my IPhone i am overall satisfied. Even though its not new or the latest version (its a 3GS) and not brand new. Dunno what I confirmed??

It's simple people. Can you purchase a Burger King burger at Mac Donalds? or can you walk into a Ford dealership and ask for a Holden car? Of cause not. No one stocks or promotes the competition in their own shops. And the app store is one of Apple's online shops. And they won't readily promote the competition in it.

So it's not Apple being big and mean. It's just simple business. No one promotes the competition in their own stores including Apple.

Apple declining the app did more good than bad for the magazine, otherwise, we'd never be talking about it.

I'm not really sure I understand why the app developer was trying to publish it on the App Store in the first place. Seems kind of pointless to publish an Android-centric app there unless your goal is stirring up a little controversy. Android versus iOS really gets folks going. Personally I think there is room for both to thrive.

We recently debated as an organization whether to adopt iOS or Android as our mobile government platform and a deciding factor was Android's open nature and the ability to distribute software outside the Android Market. In the end managing government software through the App Store was a deal breaker. Government likes to control their own software and distribute it through their networks.

the8thark said:

Can you purchase a Burger King burger at Mac Donalds? or can you walk into a Ford dealership and ask for a Holden car?

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A burger is a burger. Plain and simple.

And if the dealership sells used cars, then yes, you can ask for a different brand.


As far as this topic goes, Apple taking down the magazine's account (or just the app itself) only because it is related to an iOS competitor, that goes to show that promoting the competition will do no good, especially when the competition is doing what you're doing.

ukchucktown said:

We recently debated as an organization whether to adopt iOS or Android as our mobile government platform and a deciding factor was Android's open nature and the ability to distribute software outside the Android Market. In the end managing government software through the App Store was a deal breaker. Government likes to control their own software and distribute it through their networks.

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The Feds, IIRC, decided to stay with Crackberry for the foreseeable future, at least the DoD did. I find it interesting that they worry so much when the Govy networks are so closed and locked down to the point that mobile users can't even read attachments (Word, PP, Excel) because they could contain something that might compromise the networks security. Seems counter productive to me (hence why I declined my crackberry when offered and make then use my MobileMe e-mail if they want to get me while on the road).

I wonder if Apple is or would be willing to make deals with Government entities to gain their business though. Did you guys even contact them and see?

With Android being so "open" and already being exploited more than the iPhone, security may end being a big issue for you.

Will be interesting to see how this all works out in the future...

Will the iphone take up the same place as apple/osx has in the pc market (with android phone and windows pc's having the major market share). Seems a closed eco system inevitably leads to a smaller, albeit profitable market share.

History repeating?

Borix said:

Will be interesting to see how this all works out in the future...

Will the iphone take up the same place as apple/osx has in the pc market (with android phone and windows pc's having the major market share). Seems a closed eco system inevitably leads to a smaller, albeit profitable market share.

History repeating?

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I'm not so sure about that.

But even if it were the case, I would rather have something that is meticulously designed and had a great UI functionality than something that is mass market and mediocre at best.

schweb said:

I'm not so sure about that.

But even if it were the case, I would rather have something that is meticulously designed and had a great UI functionality than something that is mass market and mediocre at best.

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I agree and its nice to have choice. Just wondering if Apple (for instance without Jobs) can withstand the pressure (stockholders) or temptation to change their course concerning the closed eco system.

Borix said:

I agree and its nice to have choice. Just wondering if Apple (for instance without Jobs) can withstand the pressure (stockholders) or temptation to change their course concerning the closed eco system.

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At this point the stockholders are not going to complain. The stock keeps going up as it is so whatever Apple is doing the stockholders are happy.