A few days later, we got an email from Apple informing us that we violated their terms and conditions—and the offending developer account had been banned. Unfortunately, iFixit’s app was tied to that same account, so Apple pulled the app as well. Their justification was that we had taken “actions that may hinder the performance or intended use of the App Store, B2B Program, or the Program.”
Live and learn.
Well yeah, it’s an unreleased product that’s meant for developers to make apps and test on. Nobody is allowed to post information about it. I have a hard time believing they didn’t see this coming.
Hahahah… FTA: “(Our old app is open source if you’d like an example to build upon. Just respect our license and don’t put ads in it.)” In other words, respect our terms even though we didn’t respect Apple’s.
The commentary in their post cracks me up… Blaming and shaming Apple, yet failing to recognize they got an AppleTV for one dollar to monetize on their website at Apple’s expense? Just hilarious.
They did see it coming. They wrote: “We weighed the risks, blithely tossed those risks over our shoulder, and tore down the Apple TV anyway.”
How is it at Apple’s expense? And doesn’t everyone who gets the hardware do it for monetization potential?
The fact is they wanted the double shot of PR they’re getting out of it.
First big news on doing a tear down a month before the product is released and then when they get banned. The risk they took was Apple not doing anything.
They built their business on doing tear-downs for people who like engineering Pron and good for them. They didn’t necessarily need an App in the store. I didn’t even know they had an app in the store.
Exactly. I love iFixit, but they did this to themselves. Although, the whole thing kind of makes me wonder why Apple sent them a device at all.
Nerds ruin everything.