@manton I’m thinking of writing a WordPress plugin to handle geolocation in a microblog post. Easiest would be to simply detect GPS coordinates and insert a link to Google Maps. Is there a format that would be more useful to Micro.Blog?
Watching TV with my wife, I got annoyed that my microblog archive didn’t display images. So I fixed it. How, you ask? Oh, I just ssh’ed into my server from my iPhone and made the edits in vi. ?
7/7 Finally, I’ve gotten some comments suggesting this is targeted at Amazon to force them to sell e-books via in-app purchase in the iOS Kindle app. Nope. “Reader apps” fall under a different guideline – 3.1.3(a) – which doesn’t have the same IAP requirement that 3.1.3(b) has.
6/ That said, it seems like it might be tough (and time consuming) for App Review to investigate and judge whether an app is or isn’t multi-platform. I anticipate that lots of apps that are iOS-only will slide through.
5/ Additionally, 3.1.3(b) is very clear that it applies only to “apps that operate across multiple platforms.” Apps that are iOS-only need not apply. They don’t qualify to sell features through their website.
4/ The wording of 3.1.3(b) seems designed to require these SaaS products to offer their subscriptions via in-app purchase as well. We’ll have to see if this interpretation is consistently enforced.
