With Apple’s removal of Google Voice from it’s App Store this week, will application proponents still be as adamant that apps will win out over the mobile web? In my last blog post, I mentioned one of the reasons that the mobile web will win out is due to the seemingly increasing editorialization by the app stores of submitted applications. As more carriers and device manufacturers launch their own app stores, third party developers will increasingly innovate, encroaching on “native” functions that were once the proprietary domain of devices manufacturers and operators. I believe we will see an increase in the seemingly arbitrary rejections, especially as the number of apps continues to increase dramatically. Once the functionality gap is closed between apps and the mobile web, it will only be a matter of time until developers are free to innovate without constraints.
I’ve included a short article by Mike Masnick from Techdirt that I thought was particularly good, as it bolsters my argument for open solutions:
Apple Says No To Google Voice On The iPhone
from the shameless dept
As we wait to hear if Spotify's mobile app gets approved (I heard a rumor that it was, but have seen no proof yet), we hear of another questionable Apple iPhone rejection: the Google Voice iPhone app has been forbidden from the iPhone, though the reasons aren't entirely clear. Still, it does show that Apple doesn't care who you are, or how big a name. If it doesn't like your app, too bad. Once again, this seems like an argument for why more open solutions will win out in the end. Not only do users not have to worry about arbitrary rejections like this, but innovation will happen much faster on open platforms where each innovation doesn't need to be approved by a mercurial secret cabal.
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