Facebook’s iPhone app is one of the most popular wares the App Store has ever carried. But its developer, Joe Hewitt, says he’s through with it, stating that Apple’s review policies are starting a bad precedent for other platforms. However, good apps from talented developers will always find platforms, and Apple’s policies won’t prevent that from happening. They may even help.
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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 (Nasdaq: AAPL) 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. I am very concerned that they are setting a horrible precedent for other software platforms, and soon gatekeepers will start infesting the lives of every software developer.”
Hewitt’s decision, of course, has sparked a mini firestorm over the so-called tyrannical Apple, with critics asserting it has a terrible App Store approval process, despite the approval of more than 100,000 apps so far. . . .
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