Techcrunch is reporting that Apple is now looking in to App Store name squatters by contacting developers who haven’t uploaded their application to iTunes connect within 90 days of creating the entry, and they now have 30 more days until their entry is deleted, thus freeing up the name for other developers to use.
But now, Apple has begun emailing developers if they’ve failed to upload their binary for 90 days after first starting the app creation process. Apple warns the developer that they have another 30 days to do so, or the record will be deleted from iTunes Connect. And the key point: “The app name will then be available for another developer to use.”
It’s no secret that the App Store has had a name squatting problem since it’s inception. That is, developers would claim a name for their application without actually submitting any software. Thus hoarding application names that could be used by other developers who, you know, are actually planning to use the name.
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