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Yay! I bought it about an hour ago, just trying to figure out how to get it onto my iPod without losing all the apps I downloaded directly to it from the App Store.
The campaign "Apple: please allow "Pull My Finger" into the App Store!" tipped! announced about 1 year ago
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- Apple should accept "Pull My Finger" into the iPhone app store
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If this objective is met, then we promise to pay up to $0.99 for "Pull My Finger" (proving its utility)
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Apple has recently begun rejecting iPhone applications based on arguably spurious claims of limited utility. A recent victim is Pull My Finger, a juvenile but harmless application that makes fart noises.
Sure, the App Store makes it nice and easy to find, purchase, and install iPhone applications, but is it worth the cost of a single authority telling us what they think adds utility? Ironically, if “limited utility” was a factor by which we judged all software development, Mac OS probably would have died in the 90s.
At the very least, we can show Apple they’re wrong, that there’s a demand for Pull My Finger. Join this campaign pledging to spend up to $0.99 cents if PMF is accepted to the iTunes store.
Let’s nip this “limited utility” business in the bud while it’s still fresh.
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Hey everyone, the campaign was a success! Just got this note from the developer:
> Hi!
> A while back, you requested and supported the rejected iPhone app, Pull My Finger. Well, we’ve been working diligently to get our phones to make strange bodily noises, and we’re excited to announce that Apple has reversed their decision… Pull My Finger is in the app store!
> You can see it here:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=289327939&mt=8
Make sure you fulfill your promise to download the app by clicking the above link. Would also be nice if you stopped by the comments of the campaign and let everyone know how you like the app.
This is a great victory for developers!
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Dear developer,
We are joining your campaign to bring this app in the App Store. We have also encouraged Palluxo! leaders to join your campaign. Read here:
http://www.palluxo.com/2008/09/06/app-store-pull-my-finger-farting-app-and-apple-censorship/
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Susanne Brooks replied on Sep 27, 2008ops, “readers” – not " leaders"
Mistyped while typing on iPhone…
Ouch!
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I’m asking my readers to bug Steve Jobs. Gotta go directly to the source!
http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/2008/09/08/pull-my-finger/
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Hey everyone, thanks for joining this important campaign. We can make something happen here, but it’s going to take scores of us. Let’s make it grow quick!
Here’s the invite text I sent to my friends – feel free to adapt it for your invitations.
To all who care about keeping the iPhone platform open to innovation,
Apple has recently started rejecting applications for no reason other than questionable taste, claiming they have “limited utility.” The iPhone platform shows a lot of promise, but it’s going to suck if Apple starts arbitrarily rejecting people’s ideas.
I thought that debunking the “limited utility” claim would be a good place to start. Let’s get as many people as possible to pledge to spend up to $0.99 on this “Pull My Finger” application, proving a wide demand for this product they rejected and thereby questioning their fitness to make such judgments.
Thanks for taking the time to join,
Andrew
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Peter Wong replied on Sep 6, 2008
I agree with you that if Apple should not reject applications based on what they think is right… and using silly rejection like “limited utilities”, are just stupid… if one apps is not suitablt because it has limited functions and appeals to the iphone user based… then most of the apps on the apps store should be removed from the site as well… including the not so useful blackjack games created by apple themselves… or those VNC program (how many people beside geeks use them?)… I think users should have the right to decide what they think is useful or not on their iphone… I myself think Pull My Finger will be a lot of fun, especially if I am with a bunch of friends in a bar or something… so Apple rejecting Pull My Finger from the apps store is just silly… it also undermines and threaten the feasibility of the apps store because developers will now have to think twice before they spend money developing on the iphone platform.
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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/6zvd4/stop_apple_from_arbitrarily_rejecting_iphone/
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.
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