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Apple orders Android mention scrubbed from App Store
Apparently "Android" is a four-letter word in Cupertino. The flash card app Flash of Genius was a finalist in Google's Android Developer Challenge, and the developers thought that was worth mentioning in the description of the iPhone version of their app. Apple didn't agree, and sent the developers an email asking them to remove the Android line from their app description, under threat of an "interruption" in Flash of Genius' availability on the app store.I like Apple, but does anyone else think this seems a bit like a movie gangster cliché? It's just shy of showing up in a dark pinstripe suit, carrying a baseball bat and saying "It would be a shame if anything happened to your ... availability in the app store." There's no official ban on mentioning Android, as far as we know, so the email said that the description "contains inappropriate or irrelevant information." Apple mentioned the Android award specifically, though, without referring to Flash of Genius' other boasts about mentions in books and newspapers.
What's the deal, Apple? Is this a one-time fluke that deserves an apology, or are we going to see all Android mentions consistently removed in the future? For Flash of Genius' part, they're contacting Apple to find out if there's any acceptable way to mention their award without getting their app booted from the store.
[via Cult of Mac]
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Subscribe to commentsOlmansnarkyFeb 6th 2010 8:10AM
How long did rich and famous Jobs have to wait for a liver???????
logotableFeb 6th 2010 8:25AM
Are these guys too young to remember to respect and not bite the hand that feeds you...and your family?
MPFeb 6th 2010 8:51AM
There's nothing sinister about this. "Android" is trademarked. Apple would legally be required to pay Google for each use in its app store that doesn't follow the rules, and Google (unlike many other companies) is known for launching lawsuits in regards to trademark infringement.
chris nimonFeb 6th 2010 11:05AM
Well of course they did. they've been getting slaughtered by the Android since its release. Now there are a couple of phones equal to or better than the iphone. With their proprietary nature does it really surprise anybody that that they would act so immaturely? Sounds like sour apples to me, or is that grapes.
psyops3000Feb 6th 2010 11:19AM
steve jobs is an arrogant moron like his buddy obama.
phillipFeb 6th 2010 11:23AM
well so much for the 1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial they say back then not to follow the controled crowd now they want you to follow the controled crowd They are getting just as bad as the 1984 contept you will obey us and only us you will listen to us and only us. Well Mr Jobs I will never buy you stuff again this is total and complety BS.
paulFeb 6th 2010 12:27PM
wow!
your all a bunch of cry babies that need to get a life oh apple i'm so offended how dare you show power, you people sicken me like this kind of thing never happens, this one just happened to be made public
edWINFeb 7th 2010 7:59AM
Why is anyone surprised this is what Apple does?
KarinFeb 6th 2010 9:06PM
Wow, you work hard, build up a company, make great stuff and then you get slammed for wanting to protect it and make money from it. Somehow I think that if any one of you invented something great you wouldn't want to be forced to give it away for free.
geoluthinFeb 6th 2010 1:18PM
apple's cool, oh yeah, apple's cool..
finally.....these smug pricks are showing big time................