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Comment by taligent | Hacker News Reader

I agree that it is ridiculous the way Apple basically changes the rules as it goes along. I just don't understand the outrage or surprise. There has been 3 years of developers trying to bend the rules and posting complaints like this.

FACT: They reverse engineered Apple's proprietary technology and want Apple to help sell their app.

MY POINT: You must be nuts if you think that will happen.

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I just don't understand the outrage or surprise. The moment we get complacent is the moment we lose. What's the worst that can happen from trying or speaking up? At worst Apple says "no", and maybe the public becomes more aware of the situation and thus might feel compelled to apply pressure to Apple. This is the reason for the outrage.

One interesting question is whether or not this sort of thing will be grounds for revoking a Gatekeeper certificate. Apple certainly could argue that accessing AirPlay streams without proper authorization is a form of malware / something they have to police because of agreements with content providers / etc

I know commenting just for the sake of agreeing is advised against, but this time I had to. If there's an outrage over app store rejection for these reasons, then imagine the reaction to gatekeeper cert revocation for the same reasons.

That's the thing. To me the level of outrage seems startlingly low, plus Apple seems generally impervious to outrage in general. In my opinion, this does not bode well for the future.

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