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Re: Apple's House Rules Won't Be the Death of App Development
Posted by: Chris Maxcer 2009-11-13 15:49:32

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So Facebook developer Joe Hewitt tweets that he's ditching the super-popular Facebook iPhone app, and TechCrunch, clearly sensing there's more to the story here, reaches out to learn why. "My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple's policies," Hewitt told TechCrunch. "I respect their right to manage their platform however they want; however, I am philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process." He's very concerned, he said, about Apple setting a bad precedent.

Response from Storm8
Posted by: CMaxcer 2009-11-13 17:46:11 In reply to: Chris Maxcer

Storm8 reached out to me after reading this column and wanted to share their perspective on the lawsuit mentioned above. The statement explains the steps the company has taken and why it thinks the lawsuit is without merit. Here's a link to the statement on Storm8's community forum: http://forums.storm8.com/showthread.php?t=5849

--Chris