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posted by takyon on Friday May 01 2015, @06:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the walled-bonsai-garden dept.

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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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by BasilBrush on Friday May 01 2015, @04:30PM

    by BasilBrush (3994) on Friday May 01 2015, @04:30PM (#177503)

    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

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Saturday May 02 2015, @01:26AM (#177713)

    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

      by BasilBrush (3994) on Sunday May 03 2015, @08:28PM (#178214)

      "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

        by Grishnakh (2831) on Sunday May 03 2015, @09:27PM (#178228)

        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

          by BasilBrush (3994) on Saturday May 09 2015, @05:09PM (#180805)

          Actually you're more of a fucking imbecile than a snob.

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