On the App Store

There’s been a constant buzz of internet activity circulating around the iTunes App Store recently with particular focus on app rejections and Apple’s responses. I don’t have a problem with apps being reviewed. I don’t have a problem with some apps being rejected. What I don’t like is that the rules for rejecting apps are vague at best and that some of them are down right stupid.

The one that really bugs me is the “duplicating functionality” argument. If google can build a better mail client than Apple can then why am I not entitled to decided which mail client I use? Same goes for browsers and everything else said to be duplicating functionality.

Apple, regarded by many as the most innovative company in the world,  is doing nothing other than killing innovation by persisting with this non-compete policy.