ScottieMacMar 1
Marcin Wichary
I miss the days when Apple would kick you out of the App Store for something like this.
Mar 1 at 3:39amWeb
Show threadScott Murray Mar 1
@mwichary For what? The casual language in the notification?
Show threadMarcin WicharyMar 1
@scott Notifications with ads, especially as sleazy as this one.
Show threadScott Murray Mar 1
@mwichary ohhh right, I remember now that ad-like notifications were explicitly forbidden in the early days. 🤦‍♂️
Show threadHéliographeMar 1
@scott @mwichary they still are unless the user gives explicit consent but they don’t really give a shit if you bring them many millions of dollars a year in revenue
Show threadSean HardingMar 1
@mwichary Did they ever? I was in charge of the Amazon iPad apps (non-Kindle) for a while, and we were terrified of this, but I'm not sure if it was actually backed up by action. My hunch is that they never enforced it well, and companies finally realized that and started exploiting it...
Show threadMarcin WicharyMar 1
@sharding Yeah, not sure about enforcement but I believe this was explicitly prohibited.
Show threadMarcin WicharyMar 1
@sharding Apple’s enforcement always felt a bit spotty for big companies. But I feel it probably happened for small ones.
Show threadSean HardingMar 1
@mwichary They definitely enforced not selling Kindle books without giving them a cut 😅
Show threadSean HardingMar 1
@mwichary Yeah, my (potentially faulty) memory is that it was prohibited, but a few companies flagrantly violated it without consequence, and eventually everyone started doing it.
Show threadSean HardingMar 1
@mwichary I should add to this... I personally was always vehemently opposed to promotions via push notification. So I found the fear of Apple punishing us for doing it to be a very useful tool when I had to convince others in the company that we shouldn't even consider going down that path.