Comments on: The continued Apple App Store dilemma http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/03/the_continued_apple_app_store_dilemma.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:53:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/03/the_continued_apple_app_store_dilemma.html/comment-page-1#comment-242756 TerenceEden Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:01:10 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=15610#comment-242756 Illegal where and for whom? Content legal in Europe may not be legal in the USA. Adult content may not be legal to show to minors.<br>What if the app is malicious?<br>What if the app is so buggy it deletes your content?<br><br>The problem is, Apple has set themselves up as the gatekeeper and will be held responsible by customers if something goes terribly wrong. Illegal where and for whom? Content legal in Europe may not be legal in the USA. Adult content may not be legal to show to minors.
What if the app is malicious?
What if the app is so buggy it deletes your content?

The problem is, Apple has set themselves up as the gatekeeper and will be held responsible by customers if something goes terribly wrong.

]]> By: Alex Kerr http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/03/the_continued_apple_app_store_dilemma.html/comment-page-1#comment-242755 Alex Kerr Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:49:23 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=15610#comment-242755 Apple should base the yes/no process on whether the app contains illegal functionality or content - that's what the law is there for. No other criteria at all. Simplifies and streamlines the whole thing. It's Apple protectionism that's the problem. This is very much like when AOL thought of themselves as the one and only gateway to the internet, and look how much longevity that model had. Apple should base the yes/no process on whether the app contains illegal functionality or content – that's what the law is there for. No other criteria at all. Simplifies and streamlines the whole thing. It's Apple protectionism that's the problem. This is very much like when AOL thought of themselves as the one and only gateway to the internet, and look how much longevity that model had.

]]> By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/03/the_continued_apple_app_store_dilemma.html/comment-page-1#comment-237661 TerenceEden Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:01:10 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=15610#comment-237661 Illegal where and for whom? Content legal in Europe may not be legal in the USA. Adult content may not be legal to show to minors.<br>What if the app is malicious?<br>What if the app is so buggy it deletes your content?<br><br>The problem is, Apple has set themselves up as the gatekeeper and will be held responsible by customers if something goes terribly wrong. Illegal where and for whom? Content legal in Europe may not be legal in the USA. Adult content may not be legal to show to minors.
What if the app is malicious?
What if the app is so buggy it deletes your content?

The problem is, Apple has set themselves up as the gatekeeper and will be held responsible by customers if something goes terribly wrong.

]]> By: Alex Kerr http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/03/the_continued_apple_app_store_dilemma.html/comment-page-1#comment-237655 Alex Kerr Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:49:23 +0000 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/?p=15610#comment-237655 Apple should base the yes/no process on whether the app contains illegal functionality or content - that's what the law is there for. No other criteria at all. Simplifies and streamlines the whole thing. It's Apple protectionism that's the problem. This is very much like when AOL thought of themselves as the one and only gateway to the internet, and look how much longevity that model had. Apple should base the yes/no process on whether the app contains illegal functionality or content – that's what the law is there for. No other criteria at all. Simplifies and streamlines the whole thing. It's Apple protectionism that's the problem. This is very much like when AOL thought of themselves as the one and only gateway to the internet, and look how much longevity that model had.

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