Apple rejects one BitTorrent app, but approves another
Drivetrain, an iPhone app rejected by Apple, doesn’t download torrents itself. It’s a remote-control device for a desktop / laptop BitTorrent application called Transmission. It’s not surprising that app developer Aaron Scott, who sells under the name Maza Digital, got a rejection letter from Apple that said, “This category of applications is often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights. We have chosen to not publish this type of application to the App Store.” What’s surprising is that Trackr, an RSS reader that also remotely controls BitTorrent, passed Apple’s screening and is available in the iTunes App Store for $2.99. Why is that? I’ve asked Apple and will update if I hear from them.
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Paul (paul@venturebeat.com) covers Apple & the iPhone, social networks & social media, digital music & video, and any crazy Internet story. Paul wrote and edited for Valleywag from 2006-2008, after several years with Wired magazine and Slate. He writes regularly for The New York Times' technology section and sometimes for Wired and The Wall Street Journal. He studied computer science at MIT in the early 1980s, and worked as a software developer and network administrator for 15 years before becoming a professional writer. Follow him on Twitter at @paulboutin, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.
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