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Apple is paying close attention to the app offerings for its new watch. If your iOS app advertises support for any watch, other than the Apple Watch, prepare for trouble. Apple recently rejected an update to an established iPhone and iPad app because it mentioned support for a non-Apple Smartwatch:
We noticed that your app or its metadata contains irrelevant platform information in the app. Providing future platform compatibility plans, or other platform references, is not appropriate for the App Store. Specifically, your app and app description declare support for the Pebble Smartwatch.
Additionally, Apple has established criteria for Apple Watch developers that reject applications where the primary function is to tell the time.
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Apple Rejects Watch App for Description Saying 'Pebble Compatible'
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Friday May 01 2015, @01:17PM
What I mean is that Apple makes choices which negatively affect their customers for Apple's own benefit. Twist and turn it as you will, nobody but Apple themselves benefits from this particular decision.
This is absolutely true. However, the other guy has a good point: Apple doesn't even have the market-leading platform any more; their numbers have been dwindling compared to Android's, last time I checked. Apple's products also carry a premium price tag, so only people with a lot of disposable income buy them.
So the question I have is: why do we care if Apple's customers are getting screwed? I personally don't really care if a bunch of spoiled rich people are being abused by their smartphone maker. They're in a position to know better before making such a purchase. Smart people have all abandoned iOS and gotten an Android phone; they're not perfect by any means, but at least the companies in the Android ecosystem aren't a bunch of crazy control freaks.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by BasilBrush on Friday May 01 2015, @04:30PM
Why does he care what happens with people that bought a different platform? Because it's like sports. He's chosen a team and he's criticise the other team no matter what. Win, lose or draw. Worse is he confuses being a fan with being morally superior.
You on the other hand are just a snob.
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday May 02 2015, @01:26AM
How am I a snob? All I said is that I don't really care what happens to Apple's users. They've made their choice, now they get to live with it. What's wrong with that?
And your explanation doesn't make any sense; it appears it would apply much more to me than to him. I'm the one on Team Android (though to be fair I criticize Android a lot, but I feel it's the best of the choices available, basically the least-of-the-evils), so instead of criticizing Team Apple, I'm agreeing with the criticisms and saying "haha! that's what you get!", whereas he's basically saying that Apple shouldn't be allowed to do this and appears to be calling for some kind of government intervention because Apple's actions are, according to him, unfair to customers.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by BasilBrush on Sunday May 03 2015, @08:28PM
"a bunch of spoiled rich people" purely on the basis of what mainstream mobile phone they choose. That's why you're a snob.
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Sunday May 03 2015, @09:27PM
If you buy something with a premium price tag which has all kinds of reliability problems, then I don't see how calling you a spoiled rich person is snobby at all.
(Score: 1, Troll) by BasilBrush on Saturday May 09 2015, @05:09PM
Actually you're more of a fucking imbecile than a snob.
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