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The Pledge for Pull My Finger: 50 members and counting...

Andrew Mason Sep 5, 2008
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    Andrew Mason started this discussion on Sep 5, 2008

    Hi everyone,

    Thanks for joining – it’s extremely important that we send the message that the market, not Apple, should determine the utility of applications.

    The blogs that covered this story yesterday are mostly onto the next thing, so it’s up to us to keep momentum.

    If all 50 of us vote for this story on reddit (a site with many users sympathetic to these issues), we can push this story back onto the front pages.

    Please, take 30 seconds to vote for this campaign here: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/6zv…

    Also, please add your words of support for the developer in the campaign comments!

    Thanks,

    Andrew

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    Stephen Surowiec replied on Sep 5, 2008

    I agree apple should have a much more open policy when it comes to apps. I’m a new iphone developer and I’m not sure how much energy i want to put into my project if apple can pull the plug at anytime. This begs the question: If apple were to develop its own app that competes with a 3rd party app would they pull the plug on the 3rd party app … or prevent it from even hitting the app store? I really feel that BOTH the SDK and the app store restrictions needs to be eased … but controls should still be in place … and a rating system along with parental controls should also be implemented…. with all this I would assume that apple would begin taking more than just 30% Apple needs to accept the feedback of its community …. these products and services are new to apple and I’m sure they will mature over time!

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    Alex Bratu replied on Sep 5, 2008

    I would totally buy this. My nephews would get a huge kick out of it and couldn’t help but chuckle myself a little when I saw it. Frankly, Apple has gotten a “God” complex as of late and it’s a little ridiculous. They are turning into a terrible company in my opinion. One worse than Microsoft and Microsoft is only terrible because the company has grown so large to the point where every department works against each other and every app becomes bloated and sluggish. Apple’s communistic approach (and I use the term loosely) is leading it to a place where I don’t want to be around to see where exactly it will end up.

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    Scott gross replied on Sep 5, 2008

    I want that App so bad!, Amid all the other really stupid Burning Candles, and flip open lighters with a flame on the iPod Touch screen – This is just a GREAT Put a Smile on your Face Application. Apple needs to get their head out of their ass and let this sell on the store.