>It seems Google will allow them to build an HTML5 app
Isn't it more like Google is forcing them to write an HTML5 app by refusing to allow native app?
Isn't it more like Google is forcing them to write an HTML5 app by refusing to allow native app?
Google is allowing them to make an HTML5 app, and forbidding them from making a native app. They are not forcing them to do anything.
Well, because apparently there isn't a soul at Microsoft who knows how to read a ToS...
Why do you think Microsoft are resorting to a smear campaign? They don't have a leg to stand on.
It's completely unreasonable, to the point of being WTF-worthy, to require the app which accesses the API to be in a certain language.
Seriously. I'm having trouble phrasing how dumb this is. As long as the app can generate the appropriate requests and serve the appropriate data, who cares? What possible legitimate reason does Google have to decide if the app is written in HTML5, Java, INTERCAL, brainfuck, or lolcode? Why provide an API at all if you're going to do platform restrictions?