As promised in our monster-long, epic Best of Everything iPhone 2009 post last week, here is another of our ‘bite-sized ‘ chunks recapping our favorite iPhone-related things we got to cover during this year.
This recap covers our favorite iPhone App Store craziness of the last year “ from ridiculous rejections to crazy big numbers associated with the store.
Hit the jump to see some of our favorite crazy App Store moments of the year
App Store hits 25,000 apps in March: http://isource.com/general/app-store-hits-25000-apps-passes-windows-mobile/
Another stupid, hilarious App Store story about dragons:
http://isource.com/general/latest-app-store-bannage-no-extra-dragons-allowed/
App store passes 1 billion downloads:
http://isource.com/iphone-news/app-store-passes-1-billion-downloads/
Apple apologizes for baby shaker app approval: http://isource.com/iphone-news/wow-apple-apologize-for-baby-shaker-getting-into-the-app-store/
Should the App Store reviews process be scrapped? http://isource.com/iphone-app-store/should-the-app-store-reviews-process-be-scrapped
App Store ‘s picture in the dictionary next to the word inconsistent? http://isource.com/general/recommended-daring-fireballs-look-at-app-store-consistency-on-age-ratings-for-wikipedia-ap
The 40 most overworked people in America: http://isource.com/iphone-app-store/iphone-app-store-8500-new-apps-per-week-40-reviewers-no-wonder-the-reviews-process-sucks
Wow, I feel sorry for those 40 reviewers.
Wow, I feel even more sorry for developers whose livelihood may depend on the whims of those hugely overworked reviewers.
Since every app apparently needs to be reviewed by two reviewers, that works out to around 80 apps PER DAY that each reviewer has to handle. 10 per hour if they work an 8 hour day.
That works out to 6 minutes spent per app, on average, even if they take zero breaks during their 8 hours. I ‘m sure some apps require less time than others and so on “ but any way you slice it, that just sounds ridiculous.
With these sort of numbers it is no surprise at all that we see crazy, dumb approvals and rejections of apps, that later have to be reversed.
It ‘s also no surprise that we see so much inconsistency in the decisions being made.
Champion of ‘less product value ‘ and ‘more monetization" shockingly has his spam apps banned from the App Store:
http://isource.com/iphone-app-store/spam-apps-developer-banned-from-app-store
App Store downloads pass 2 billion:
http://isource.com/iphone-news/crazy-big-iphone-numbers-app-store-downloads-pass-two-billion
App Store reviews process “ untenable: http://isource.com/iphone-app-store/latest-very-fitting-term-for-the-app-store-reviews-process-untenable/
The App Store ‘s Most Embarrassing Moment? http://isource.com/iphone-app-store/the-app-stores-most-embarrassing-moment/
Developer banned for rigging reviews:
http://isource.com/iphone-news/developer-gets-ripped-from-itunes-store-for-ratings-fraud/
Roll on 2010
One thing I have no doubt about at all is that one way or other we ‘ll see lots more App Store craziness next year “ more crazy policies, crazy numbers, and more reasons for developers to pull their hair out.
I hope you enjoyed this recap “ and that you ‘ll share some of your favorite crazy moments in the comments.
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