Alright – let’s be perfectly clear right out of the gate on this one. This app looks about as “of limited utility” as they come. Apple was right – this thing is useless to me. But so is THIS, THIS and THIS. Matter of fact – the Pull My Finger application is about 17 times […]
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Apple begins to embody the dictatorship. Rejects uselessness for ME.

Sep 4th 2008 by

Alright – let’s be perfectly clear right out of the gate on this one. This app looks about as “of limited utility” as they come. Apple was right – this thing is useless to me. But so is THIS, THIS and THIS. Matter of fact – the Pull My Finger application is about 17 times more useful than the Rubberducky application. The duck one only makes duck sounds … at least Pull My Finger has multiple levels of auditory flatulence.

My point is this – It is NOT Apple’s job to determine of how limited utility an application is FOR ME. Apple’s job is to determine a very few things before it accepts an application into the store:

  • Does it break the rules set forth in the SDK?
  • Is it a stable application and does it do what it claims to do?
  • Is it a blatant attempt to rip people off (like that one thing a while back with the red gem)?

    Beyond that – Apple should pretty much let developers DEVELOP. Let the consumers determine what they will and will not buy. Look if there’s anyone who’s been an advocate for the “less crap apps” movement its me. But at the same time, I know its not ME who makes the decisions for YOU. Just because I think something is about as dumb as humanely possible – it doesn’t mean that everyone feels that way.

    So – let me close this out by saying this: APPLE STOP TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR ME. I’m a big boy now and I think I’m capable of making big boy decisions like wether or not I should download an application of “limited utility”. And for crying out loud – if you’re going to be a frickin dictatorship – at least be consistent.

    • via MacRumors

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