Unity3D and Flash people are not happy right now.
Especially as Canabalt and other apps, made on Flash, are still sold in the App store. (A Canabalt iPhone review even admits it was a simple port from Flash. Yet Jobs allows that and not others. Jobs can make the rules, but he needs to hire a referee instead of being the referee. Then the hired referee can tell Jobs why he shouldn't be so high strung on his rules while selectively breaking them. )
Report: EU joining FTC Apple probe
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Regulators from the European Union are getting involved in the Federal Trade Commission investigation of Apple's business strategies according to a report.
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Regulators from the European Union are getting involved in the Federal Trade Commission investigation of Apple's business strategies that was opened up in June, according to a New York Post report on Tuesday.
The inclusion of the EU regulators means the investigation could now stretch "another four to six months" before the FTC reaches any official conclusions, according to the Post's sources.
The focus of the probe, which remains unconfirmed by the FTC, centers on Apple's App Store developer agreement. In early April, Apple adjusted its wording in a way that outright barred developers from using third-party development tools such as Adobe's Flash Compiler, or in-game engines like Unity 3D.
For more on this story, read Report: EU joining FTC Apple probe on CNET News.
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HypnoToad7211th Aug 2010 -
in related news...
the FTC and the EU also probe microrosft (xbox), sony (ps3) and nintendo (wii) for interoperability of technology. oh wait, they don't.
why would anyone be interested in having dumbed-down, generic ports excreted by lazy developers on their platform? right, no one wants that only those that are badly losing the App War: Nokia, RIM and Microsoft.
banned from zdnet11th Aug 2010 -
Good luck
Antitrust won't stick to Apple, even if the EU is there to yabber on about 'interoperability' and file standards, Apple can simply answer with HTML5 and C++. Besides, Apple doesn't license it's OSs broadly so it doesn't owe a living to a harem of OEMs, or developers for that matter. Apple makes entire widgets, not just the software parts, and it competes in a healthy market place where consumers and developers have many other competitive offerings to choose from. Developing for Apple is not a God given right, nor is the purchase of Apple products mandatory. This isn't Mother Russia yet.
jaypeg11th Aug 2010
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