Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Fri, 1 Jun 2012 03:10:00 PDT Mike Masnick http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20120529/03062619097/insanity-apple-rejects-podcatching-app-because-it-has-flattr-integration.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20120529/03062619097/insanity-apple-rejects-podcatching-app-because-it-has-flattr-integration.shtml rejected the app because the Flattr integration went against Apple's demands that all in-app payments go through its own system. Vemedio (the makers of Instacast) along with the folks at Flattr appealed to Apple that this was ridiculous... but Apple issued a final decision rejecting the app. In response, Vemedio is very reluctantly removing Flattr from its app, meaning podcasters just lost a good way of making money, all because Apple can't control it. More evidence of Apple becoming a rather evil gatekeeper, rather than an enabler of new and interesting ideas.

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