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Old 03-08-2010, 10:45 AM   #1
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Default Apple's newest app store purge

Apple is at it again. After purging all adult-themed apps from their app store a couple weeks ago, Apple is now removing all apps that help users locate wifi hotspots. What app category will be the next target, and when will iPhone users be sick of this and decide enough is enough? Discuss.

Read the full story here: Suddenly Apple hates Wi-Fi | Tech Gear News - Betanews
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Old 03-08-2010, 11:13 AM   #2
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Default Re: Apple's newest app store purge

And even beyond that...

(src:Apple's Sexy App Purge Was Just the Beginning - Apple - Gizmodo)
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The Great App Store Purge of 2010 continues. They came for the sexy apps, and other apps said nothing. Now, according to some developers, they're coming for pre-fabbed apps—like RSS apps built using ready-set-go templates from app-building services.

Specifically, they're blocking new submissions of apps that are basically just re-packaged RSS feeds or business cards. What makes this purge not-at-all outrageous is that they're not clearing out apps they've already approved, and they're at least telling app-building services like AppMakr what they need to change in order to make themselves worthy of the App Store: adding features like push notifications, offline access and in-app purchases.

They're pushing developers to make their apps useful and different, in other words, rather than taking up virtual shelf space for goods that could be web apps. If Apple's going to be policing App Store submissions for more than mere maliciousness—which seems like it's going to be the case for the immediate future—it's the kind of policing you'd want them to do, at least in theory. A cookie-cutter app is a cookie-cutter app, a determination that's far less inscrutable than the process to decide what's too prurient to be sold.

But it's clear now that the sex app purge was apparently just the beginning of a larger process to clean up the App Store. Apple's eminently concerned with the App Store's perception as a huckster-y bazaar, and the reflection of that image upon the Apple brand itself. Tacky, ****ty apps populating the store are inevitably stains on that glossy Apple logo, and Apple's just starting to wipe them up. The purge will burn hotter before it's over.
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