Podcaster Rejected From App Store For 'Duplicating iTunes Features'

Michael Johnston · September 15th, 2008, 03:02 PM

Podcaster, an application for subscribing, downloading, and streaming podcasts directly to the iPhone, was recently rejected from the App Store. According to Podcaster's developer, Alex S, the Apple rep said that "Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes." was the reason for the rejection.

The ever increasing number of applications which are being rejected from the App Store has some developers concerned about Apple's policies. During the March 6th event, Steve Jobs stated that only applications which are inappropriate, dangerous, or which violate Apple's TOS would be rejected from the store. As with Podcaster, many applications have either been rejected our outed from the App Store even though they don't seem to be against Apple's imaginary guidelines.

John Gruber's response to the rejection expresses what most developers feel about Apple's unofficial guidelines.

If you only find out at the end of the development process that your app has been rejected — not for a technical problem that you can address but because Apple deems the entire concept to be out of bounds — then who is going to put serious time and talent into an iPhone app?

The developer of Podcaster is currently giving out a limited number of ad hoc builds for those who donate $9.99 or more. If interested, you can submit your iPhone's UUID at http://www.nextdayoff.com/.

[via MacRumors]

Stephen007 · September 15th, 2008, 04:01 PM #2

I agree strongly with the sentiment of the developer. All that time & hard work only to get nothing for it when you are done. That sucks.

I believe that competition is a good thing. There are people out there for which Apple's iPod features will be best but there are also people out there that will love the funtionality of this product and might suit them better. Choice! Having competing products makes more people happy because they can choose what works best for their own situation and how they use the device.

Good idea to sell ad-hoc version of the software to try and recoup something for all of his lost time.

September 15th, 2008, 05:24 PM #3

Dang this is all I need to replace my computer. I have been waiting for this to bad it did not get netshared

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Michael Johnston This is my fricken site, durrrr Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 2,695 Thanks: 11 Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts	Podcaster Rejected From App Store For 'Duplicating iTunes Features' - September 15th, 2008, 03:02 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> Podcaster, an application for subscribing, downloading, and streaming podcasts directly to the iPhone, was recently rejected from the App Store. According to Podcaster's developer, Alex S, the Apple rep said that "Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes." was the reason for the rejection. The ever increasing number of applications which are being rejected from the App Store has some developers concerned about Apple's policies. During the March 6th event, Steve Jobs stated that only applications which are inappropriate, dangerous, or which violate Apple's TOS would be rejected from the store. As with Podcaster, many applications have either been rejected our outed from the App Store even though they don't seem to be against Apple's imaginary guidelines. John Gruber's response to the rejection expresses what most developers feel about Apple's unofficial guidelines. If you only find out at the end of the development process that your app has been rejected — not for a technical problem that you can address but because Apple deems the entire concept to be out of bounds — then who is going to put serious time and talent into an iPhone app? The developer of Podcaster is currently giving out a limited number of ad hoc builds for those who donate $9.99 or more. If interested, you can submit your iPhone's UUID at http://www.nextdayoff.com/. [via MacRumors] __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: White 32GB iPhone 3GS iPhone Version: Whatever the latest is because I'm crazy like that. Computer & OS: 15" Unibody MacBook Pro + OS X Leopard 10.5 AIM: iPhoneAlley twitter: MichaelJohnston

Stephen007 Rocks the Board Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Milwaukee WI Posts: 347 Thanks: 20 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	September 15th, 2008, 04:01 PM #2
	I agree strongly with the sentiment of the developer. All that time & hard work only to get nothing for it when you are done. That sucks. I believe that competition is a good thing. There are people out there for which Apple's iPod features will be best but there are also people out there that will love the funtionality of this product and might suit them better. Choice! Having competing products makes more people happy because they can choose what works best for their own situation and how they use the device. Good idea to sell ad-hoc version of the software to try and recoup something for all of his lost time.

Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	September 15th, 2008, 05:24 PM #3
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	Dang this is all I need to replace my computer. I have been waiting for this to bad it did not get netshared