[Engadget] Confirmed: Google broke iPhone app rules - Overclock.net

b0ssman · 11-26-08

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Okay, any talk that consistency in Apple's approval process for the App Store has improved definitely has to be put on hold at this point; first we had that BdEmailer situation that duplicates functionality (albeit shoddily) of the iPhone's own email capabilities, and now we have official confirmation that Google did a no-no when it slipped its voice-powered search through the checkpoint. The problem is that enabling the automatic voice detection requires use of an undocumented API call for the proximity sensor that Apple neither guarantees nor approves use of, meaning firmware updates can break it at will. In an of itself, that's not a huge indiscretion on Google's part since they're probably committed to keeping it up-to-date, but the real issue is that this violates an explicit rule of the App Store that bans the use of undocumented calls.

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Let's keep the fanboy comments to a minimum por favor.

EDIT: If a mod wants to move this to software news, go for it.

EDIT2: For an alternate read, see ArsTechnica and their take on the issue

XFreeRollerX · 11-26-08

Okay? So......

Where is the conflict?

Where did GOOGLE mess up?

All I see is apple was lenient on their app approval

b0ssman · 11-26-08

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Originally Posted by XFreeRollerX

Okay? So......

Where is the conflict?

Where did GOOGLE mess up?

All I see is apple was lenient on their app approval

Google took advantage of the "instant approval" that they got for being Google...

XFreeRollerX · 11-26-08

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Originally Posted by b0ssman

Google took advantage of the "instant approval" that they got for being Google...

What the #(%@! does this mean?

Can anyone else put in?

Google can do whatever Google wants to Google, Isn't it their own company?

b0ssman · 11-26-08

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Originally Posted by XFreeRollerX

What the #(%@! does this mean?

Can anyone else put in?

Google can do whatever Google wants to Google, Isn't it their own company?

Lol. No, Google took advantage of the fact that Apple expedited anything they [google] submitted... Google should have known better than to violate the contract terms by submitting an app that clearly violates the EULA.

XFreeRollerX · 11-26-08

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Originally Posted by b0ssman

Lol. No, Google took advantage of the fact that Apple expedited anything they [google] submitted... Google should have known better than to violate the contract terms by submitting an app that clearly violates the EULA.

Oh my god that article is worded so horridly

I did not get anywhere near knowing either company was associated with each other. I was thinking that a user was submitting the same apps to both companies or something

Ok I get it now, but I guess my question now is, who cares? Google is making their own phone software now and they want to take down the iPhone right? Or do they still want to help Apple?

b0ssman · 11-26-08

Hey, ArsTechnica picked it up as well :P

Might be a better read than Engadget's IMO. They make it sound less like a conspiracy and more what it is: use of an undocumented API.

They beat me by less than two minutes...

Sun · 11-26-08

This is probably a good move for Apple. With Google a competitor, all Apple has to do is break the app, and Google suffers, because in the eyes of the consumer, it is Google's app that broke, not Apple's fault.