iEnthusiast Status Update
So as many of you may know Apple pulled iEnthusiast from sale on Tuesday. They did so without any explanation as to why. Well this morning I received a call from Apple Developer Relations. The representative was very nice and said "i'm sure you know why the app was pulled". To this I answered it was because of the content. Yup, he told me that the site/app focuses too much on jailbreak information and Cydia. He said that the site does have app reviews (that's you @adelina503) but the content is not balanced enough between jailbreaking & standard Apple content to allow it to stay on the App Store. That is why Engadget & Mashable's apps are allowed on the store even though they occasionally talk about jailbreaking.
With that being said I have two options. The first is I can forget about the App Store and release the app in Cydia. This would be great cuz I wouldn't have to ever worry about it being pulled and cuz I can push out updates whenever I need to. The bad part is that releasing via Cydia means the app would not include support for Push Notifications being that this requires me to connect to Apple's Push Servers. The second option is for me to "fix" the app and resubmit it. How do I fix it? Well I'd have to make the default blog page of the app something more acceptable like Engadget or Gizmodo. Then I could allow the user to define what site/url they want to be the default in the settings page. Though this is more work for you the user, it'd make the app acceptable in Apple terms and allow me to continue the Push service. So now i'll leave it in your hands. Let me know which option you prefer via the comments, email or twitter.
