[OT] A tale of App Store rejection

[Andre Garzia]

Hi Dixie,

I appealed with the same arguments. I am yet to receive any answer but I
don't expect them to change.

Thanks for the kind words! :-D

Cheers
andre


On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:05 AM, John Dixon <dixonja at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> Andre...
>
> I am sorry to hear that your app has been rejected by the 'Apple Gods'...
> I had a look at the android version and it looks very smart.
>
> However, when you have an app rejected, you are allowed to appeal the
> decision. Are you going to appeal ?... I would have thought that the
> arguments as you have laid them out below would catch their attention... it
> is certainly worth a try...
>
> take care
>
> Dixie
>
> > From: andre at andregarzia.com
> > Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:50:10 -0200
> > Subject: [OT] A tale of App Store rejection
> > To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> >
> > Hey Folks,
> >
> > I am sharing here an experience with the iOS App Store.
> >
> > I live in the beautiful city of Niterói in the state of Rio de Janeiro
> (as
> > seen in http://fon.nu/15DD13EL). Most of the citizens of my city work in
> > the city of Rio de Janeiro.
> >
> > There are two ways to go from here to Rio. There is the ferry boat which
> > takes 20 minutes but has queues so long that you can wait an hour and a
> > half to board and there is the famous Rio - Niterói bridge that spans
> 13km
> > and is the only reasonable way to get to rio by car or bus. The problem
> is
> > that the bridge tends to be tangled in huge traffic jams that can last
> > forever. So people here face a dilemma, should I take a bus to Rio or a
> > ferry boat. Millions of people suffer that every day, twice a day, on the
> > way into Rio and on the way out of Rio.
> >
> > So to help myself and others, I created this app that can be seen here:
> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amoralabs.eponte
> >
> > It displays in very large letters the current state of the traffic in the
> > bridge and if you want, you can see more details about how it got that
> way.
> >
> > I built the little backend server thingy that figures out how the bridge
> is
> > and serve as the place that this thin stack connects to get information.
> >
> > The application has 413 installations here, mostly because I don't make
> any
> > marketing.
> >
> > So after releasing on Android, I decided to release it on iOS. I did all
> > the juggling and uploaded it to Apple and a week later they rejected it
> > because it was too simple, didn't provide enough features or lasting
> > entertainment and could be done as a website. Well, 3G connection here is
> > not as widespread as in New York so opening a web page on your cell phone
> > every time you want to check on the bridge is a waste of resources and
> > time. My app transmits a very small string so even on edge, it can figure
> > out the traffic easily. Also, this app is actually useful to the
> thousands
> > of iphone owners who commutes to Rio every day but Apple seems to prefer
> > fart apps and thus my app is not coming to iOS.
> >
> > The lesson here is beware of your features because the app store is
> getting
> > very picky. Minimal applications that provide a single useful feature are
> > no longer good enough for them. Heck my app wasn't even ugly as some
> stuff
> > there. Anyway, I just wanted to share the experience for the benefit of
> > those that are building apps as small as mine.
> >
> > This app was built in a day, including the server. It was a "dare" from a
> > friend who said: "how fast can you build something to check on the bridge
> > for Android?" and I said "fast."
> >
> > At least people on Android can enjoy easy access to the traffic
> conditions.
> >
> > Cheers
> > andre
> >
> >
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