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<blockquote data-quote="Fast Learner" data-source="post: 5723538" data-attributes="member: 649"><p>Lots of apps, not some. That doesn't mean there are lots of rejections, just that potential submissions aren't even made due to the gatekeeper. </p><p></p><p>For example, there's a really great iOS app called <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/" target="_blank">Instapaper</a> that saves things you read on the web into a super-readable form, which you can subsequently grab with your iOS device and read offline. The developer, Marco Arment, has created a version for Kindle but hasn't yet decided to make one for Android.</p><p></p><p>Take a gander at the <a href="https://market.android.com/search?q=instapaper&so=1&c=apps" target="_blank">Android Market search for Instapaper</a>: 63 matches, none of which was created by the developer. Every one of those that says it's an "Instapaper client" or such -- at least 21 of the 63 -- is stealing his server's services, most are trading off the brand he worked hard to build, and nearly all of them are actually making money off of what he's built (through ads or by charging for the app). </p><p></p><p>He's contacted Google about the violations but the only one he's managed to stop is one that used his exact icon as well as the name. Do the same search in the iOS App Store and there's one match, the actual Instapaper app.</p><p></p><p>That's 21 apps that would have been rejected by Apple, or if approved, pulled down the moment Marco contacted Apple.</p><p></p><p>This is just one example among many thousands. The gatekeeper does a lot more than just protect you from malware (which it does extremely well): it protects developers, it protects intellectual property, and though this seems like an obvious thing, <em>it ensures the app actually does what it says it does</em>, something that doesn't happen in the Android Market and that regularly fools people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fast Learner, post: 5723538, member: 649"] Lots of apps, not some. That doesn't mean there are lots of rejections, just that potential submissions aren't even made due to the gatekeeper. For example, there's a really great iOS app called [URL="http://www.instapaper.com/"]Instapaper[/URL] that saves things you read on the web into a super-readable form, which you can subsequently grab with your iOS device and read offline. The developer, Marco Arment, has created a version for Kindle but hasn't yet decided to make one for Android. Take a gander at the [URL="https://market.android.com/search?q=instapaper&so=1&c=apps"]Android Market search for Instapaper[/URL]: 63 matches, none of which was created by the developer. Every one of those that says it's an "Instapaper client" or such -- at least 21 of the 63 -- is stealing his server's services, most are trading off the brand he worked hard to build, and nearly all of them are actually making money off of what he's built (through ads or by charging for the app). He's contacted Google about the violations but the only one he's managed to stop is one that used his exact icon as well as the name. Do the same search in the iOS App Store and there's one match, the actual Instapaper app. That's 21 apps that would have been rejected by Apple, or if approved, pulled down the moment Marco contacted Apple. This is just one example among many thousands. The gatekeeper does a lot more than just protect you from malware (which it does extremely well): it protects developers, it protects intellectual property, and though this seems like an obvious thing, [i]it ensures the app actually does what it says it does[/i], something that doesn't happen in the Android Market and that regularly fools people. [/QUOTE]
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