Comments on: Google Admits to Knowingly Breaking App Store Rules

By: Aviv

Aviv — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:33:41 +0000

@ayasin: Right. It would be nearly impossible for me to believe that Google would condone the use of private API’s. That’s too big of a “no-no”

By: ayasin

ayasin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:16:18 +0000

Many apps do what Google has done here (use undocumented aspects of public frameworks). Apple hasn’t bitched about them. I don’t see Google getting a special pass here, there’s just a wink and a nod understanding that you can use some undocumented aspects of public frameworks. Linking to private frameworks or lazy loading private frameworks WILL get your app denied or pulled however.

By: T B

T B — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:42:54 +0000

ha ha ha ha ha CASEY you are funny

By: xavier

xavier — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:32:20 +0000

Absolutely no way this application gets banned by apple. It’s in the app store and people currently love it. If Apple by chance, chooses to force Google into rewriting portions of the app, most likely a quiet update will be released to abide by Apple’s rules.

By: rex Jill Jones

rex Jill Jones — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:20:36 +0000

So does the app get banned?

By: Aviv

Aviv — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:18:51 +0000

ZING!

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:10:36 +0000

At least you didn’t have your stock options (and successful career) tied up in Bear Stearns – have foreclosed on your 5th ave home, now drink scotch for breakfast, and wear a bathrobe to work as a poor writer for Macblogz.com instead of the three piece Zegna your wifed hocked when she left you. Hummm…

By: Aviv

Aviv — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:59:01 +0000

It’s just a twisted situation in my opinion. Android, App Store, Board members, so many relationships between the boards, directly competing products, and entire platforms, services compete (mobile me, Gapps), it’s out of control…

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:56:05 +0000

Don’t forget Google CEO Eric Schmidt is on Apple’s board of directors – making one of his duties to review the performance of the chief executive…

By: Harvey

Harvey — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:52:11 +0000

No worries: it’s anonymous, I got in on March 2006 when it was hovering in the high $330’s. Now it’s under $300.