Tweetie, a very popular iPhone Twitter application, includes a feature that allows Twitter users to check up on the trending topics on Twitter. In a recent update submission to the App Store, Tweetie was rejected due to a foul term appearing in this trends list. This word, which the developer of Tweetie had no control over whatsoever, just happened to be something that a lot of people were talking about. If you ask me, this is extremely ridiculous on Apple’s part. Why would you not accept an app that has made you hundreds to thousands of dollars in sales? And that isn’t meant to be foul at all?
The way Apple is allowing and not allowing apps into the store is extremely unpredictable, and this makes it even worse. If you ask me, there definitely needs to be some clearer guidelines to the store, as well as more expedited acceptance in the first place. Decisions like this are going to sway developers away from this platform and harm Apple in the end. There is no reason that an app such as this, which is subject to users of a website, should be declined for something that the users said. Apple needs to realize that.
Via [The iPhone Blog]
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