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| by Stan Beer | |
| Saturday, 07 March 2009 | |
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Not that there's anything wrong with the App Store - it's great. If you happen to be a developer that wants to conform to Apple's standards and are prepared to go through the process of having your application accepted or rejected for the App Store, then that's fine. However, if you're a developer who has spent time developing an application for the iPhone which you believe there's a market for, regardless of what Apple says, in a free economy why shouldn't you be allowed to sell your application through other channels? In fact, if other channels can give iPhone developers a better deal than Apple then why shouldn't they be allowed to compete vigorously for the distribution rights of those applications? Apple claims that it wants to maintain control over the applications that it allows on the iPhone because it wants to maintain the quality of the user experience. Baloney! Most iPhone owners are big boys and girls. If they want to install something on their iPhone - the device they paid good money for - and it crashes the device or doesn't work too well that's their problem. They don't need Apple looking their shoulder like a protective nanny. CONTINUED Page 2 |
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