This makes sense, yes. Android finally has a google protect feature in the store itself that will scan your phone for potentially dangerous apps it has found in the play store that may be on your phone. Things will be interesting in the future imho as far as that goes.
From: Shaun Everiss Sent: November 9, 2017 2:22 AM To: blind-gamers@groups.io Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates And I understand why they do this to, On android someone was able to name an app whats app or update to whats app with a slightly different space character and it got through security, it was full of malware. So basically you can't call them blind fold whatever by blindfold games. I do wander if you removed the blind fold thingy in the title from all apps and have it by blind fold games or yourself if that would change things. You could have the blind fold games series or blindfold games as the company and yourself as the developer and remove blindfold from the title or adjust things accordingly, its probably as simple as that. Its probably a naming convention more than anything else. They are removing look alikes for probably security and confusion reasons, and if thats the case, you'd just have to adjust things accordingly. At sonnar we always have to get through rejection on the apple side, if this is another thing or convention, and all it is is words, we just have to define exactly what is alowed or what isn't, and change accordingly. There is probably a way to word things and if all of it is just what its called, it should probably be easy to change. I suspect with the way it happened with whats app that things on android will have to change and thats just the way it is. And in the end its probably a good thing, if there are to many look alikes then people will have a hard time telling what is what. On 9/11/2017 4:35 p.m., Liam Erven wrote: > The issue is that there are developpers who are hosting hundres of similar > apps on Apple’s store. > Apple is cracking down on this by limiting the number of look alike or > similar apps that a developer is allowed to serve. > For example, I worked with a developer who created apps for small radio > stations and podcasts. He was recently told that apps had to be transferred > to specific developpers or removed. > This has also been used in bad ways by developpers making similar apps, but > with different names, so Apple is trying to combat this. Unfortunately the > practice hurts the developpers like Blindfold games who are making unique > apps, but have dozens of them in the App store. > Unfortunately, that’s the way the cookie crumbles. > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Lenron > Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 9:25 PM > To: blind-gamers@groups.io > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates > > Really apple this sounds like total crap to me. Why not let you know > before you get to the point of having so many games that this would be > a problem. I don't see the logic behind what they are doing. > > On 11/8/17, Liam Erven <liamer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Josh. You realize all of his games would have to be rewritten from the >> ground up right? >> It’s not exactly a rainy day project. >> >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> From: Josh Kennedy >> Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:46 PM >> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates >> >> just switch to google play store so we android users can have more games >> please. thanks. and a new talkback just came out recently 6.0 beta. it works >> very good. >> >> >> On 11/8/2017 20:37, Liam Erven wrote: >> It’s unfortunate, but I’ve talked to some other developpers who have had the >> same issues. >> Mainly developpers who are designing apps as 3rd parties get hit by this. >> I will certainly write and Call Apple though. Maybe enough people can give >> you some sort of free pass, though I doubt it. >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> From: Joe Quinn >> Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 7:28 PM >> To: blind-gamers@groups.io >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates >> >> What does this mean for the end-user? Will we still be able to do in app >> purchases? >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Nov 8, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Marty Schultz <ma...@kidfriendlysoftware.com> >> wrote: >> I just finished talking with an Apple representative, and Apple’s decision >> is that unless I merge the 80 Blindfold Games into a handful of apps, they >> will no longer allow new games to be released or allow updates to be make. >> From a technology perspective, that’s extremely hard and time-consuming. >> From a business perspective, that would mean spending hundreds of hours >> recoding the games, with no possible return-on-investment. Most of the >> games generate sales in the first three months of the game being released, >> and I’ve been building these games for 4 years. >> From a usability perspective, that means the main menus would be >> ridiculously complex, and the settings screens would be confusing and almost >> unusable. >> If you are unhappy with this decision, you can express your opinion to >> Apple. The accessibility desk is at accessibil...@apple.com or you can call >> 1-800-MY-APPLE. Thanks to everyone for enjoying my games. >> >> >> >> -- >> sent with mozilla thunderbird >> >> >> >
