Uber knowingly
1. Violated the privacy of @Apple’s customers
2. Hid what they did from Apple
They should be barred from the App Store.pic.twitter.com/6aYjEWABfL
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Is there one rule for billion-dollar companies and another for all other developers? (No, wait, don’t answer that.)https://twitter.com/aral/status/856196457153662978 …
What I would be interesting to know is how it passed their “rigorous” testing. No way that was not caught during either manual or automated.
See the article, they geofenced Apple so that it would behave differently for them. They actively camouflaged it.
Looking at browser’s APIs I ran into other information that may be used to charge more for a ride (2,3, 9.9% more):http://www.npr.org/2016/05/17/478266839/this-is-your-brain-on-uber …
Because that would give Google Store and android devices an unfair competitive advantage. You think Android Uber isn't still hacked?
See which platform you can REALLY trust.
Notice that Uber only backed down because Apple caught them.
Gee, the answer is pretty obvious: $$$
Maybe because Apple’s sense of Ju$tice is selective?
Unfortunately, in that case, the press would bad mouth Apple for being arrogant!
Because capitalism. Apple needs to protect the App Store racket.
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