Developers announced a boycott for the iPhone platform

    Some developers, including Fraser Spears and Dave Wiener , announced a boycott of Apple, which removed a number of programs created by independent programmers for the iPhone platform from the App Store. In particular , the Podcaster program was banned on the grounds that it "duplicates the functionality of iTunes."

    Apple’s policy banning programs is really getting tougher and more criticized. If earlier they banned programs only for technical reasons or those that “do not benefit the community” (like the notorious “prestige program” worth $ 1000, which displayed a red picture on the iPhone screen and basically did nothing more). Now there is a precedentwhen Apple removed really useful programs from the App Store just because they could compete with Apple’s own designs.

    Such actions by Apple show that the iPhone platform is not at all open and cannot be trusted. Spears and Wiener said that after these actions Apple will never create their own applications for the iPhone.

    via TechCrunch

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