On Oct 26, 2012, at 6:04 AM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote:
> > On 26/10/2012, at 8:24 AM, Jayson Adams <jay...@circusponies.com> wrote: > >> The catch is that the lovely folks at the MAS will not actually approve any >> app that uses these special entitlements. And helpfully, as part of their >> condescending lecture to you, they will refer you to documentation that >> makes it sound like you can use special entitlements if you have a good >> reason. > > > The communication between the MAS staff and developers is absolutely > shocking. I would go as far as to say it's the worst I've experienced from > Apple since I first had dealings with them in the mid 80s. They come across > as arrogant, "jobsworths", pedantic and robotic, with no interest in helping > developers solve problems. Can't agree more. Though it also seems to be somewhat inconsistent. I had another app rejected a couple of months ago for different sandbox issues, so I asked questions via the resolution center and received useful answers. In fact, the conversation went on for a few posts back and forth. But in general, the feedback almost feels entirely automated and close to useless. Martin > > This may not be the place to make this point, but there are no proper > channels available to complain; that is part of the problem. Something needs > to be done as it seems to be seriously souring developer relations. I'm > certain my own experiences are not an isolated case, but unless we share our > experiences about this, the scale of the problem can't be known. > > --Graham > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/martin.hewitson%40aei.mpg.de > > This email sent to martin.hewit...@aei.mpg.de _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
