Excerpts From the Diary of an [iTunes] App Store Reviewer

http://daringfireball.net/2009/05/diary_of_an_app_store_reviewer

by tumult • 17 years ago

124 24 17 years ago

pxlpshr• 17 years ago

Daring Fireball is one of those sweet little gems on the internet. Six months of pain was turned into tears of laughter, hilarious post.

I stopped whining about the review process a few months ago once it was very clear how broken things are. I was loosing hair on stuff we just couldn't control, now we just accept it and set an expectation for our clients. Speaking of, there's certainly an opportunity to be found where issues like this cause problems. Big companies looking for a quick in to leverage the store will pay a premium for expertise and publishing knowledge. :)

sqs• 17 years ago

Who are the actual App Store reviewers, and why haven't they leaked anything? They must be reading all these complaints!

pavlov2• 17 years ago

The reviewers are probably outsourced in India: they just follow a flowchart procedure using Apple's automatic testing tools, and have absolutely no idea that someone on the Internet cares so much about the results that they report back to Cupertino.

jobu• 17 years ago

That's probably true, but I really prefer Fireball's BOFH-style take on the reviewer. (If you've never read BOFH, then take a few minutes here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/)

avinashv2• 17 years ago

Don't be so arrogant as to think that Indians don't follow what is going on around the Internet.

scorpion032• 17 years ago

I really hope, not.

jamiequint• 17 years ago

I thought the part about the iPhone image in the app was hilarious, but the scary thing is that apple actually has a patent on a rectangle with a rectangle and two circles inside it...

"[T]he design of a portable and handheld digital electronic media device comprised of a rectangular casing displaying circular and rectangular shapes therein arranged in an aesthetically pleasing manner."

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/05/apple-trademark/

GHFigs• 17 years ago

trademark != patent

ahoyhere2• 17 years ago

Indeed, and there is further difference between "trade mark" and "trade dress" even though you can technically call the latter the former.

noelchurchill• 17 years ago

What a riot! I love the ending about rejecting the app because the rectangle is not recognizable as an iphone. I'm reading this while at work and can hardly keep my laughter in!

ahoyhere2• 17 years ago

Beautiful. Perfect. Almost Machievellian. I laughed, I snorted, I won't tell you what else.

Excerpts From the Diary of an [iTunes] App Store Reviewer

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