Apple removing mentions of Google Android from the App Store

Apple stepped up its offensive against Android on Friday by apparently banning the mentioning of the competing OS  in an app’s description.

The SAT Vocab app by developers Flash of Genius originally contained the incredibly offensive line ‘Finalist in Google’s Android Developer’s Challenge!’ when it was initially submitted for approval.

However Apple replied to the developers that, while it wasn’t  going to reject the app, they should ‘make appropriate changes to the Application Description’, and that the line was ‘not relevant’ to the product.

It’s not certain if this is an App Store policy now, but it would appear Apple is keen to keep awareness of competing services to a minimum, especially in the case of porting software over to its system.

Considering Apple’s most recent major advertising campaign focused on how varied and extensive the App Store was, this is a shrewd move on their part.

[Via: Gizmodo]

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