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My email just now to the App Store review team:

Dear Apple, As an Apple developer and longtime user, I'm proud to recommend Apple products to my friends and family. There is simplicity, thoughtful constraint, and craftsmanship in everything Apple does.

That's why I was stunned to see this app--and numerous others from the same developer--in the App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lockify-your-lock-screen-hd/i...

I'm surprised this app was approved in the first place. By many accounts, it does absolutely nothing. I cannot count on two hands how many App Store rules this developer is violating.

And the App Store review system is obviously being gamed. This developer is earning thousands of hard-earned dollars from Apple customers who trust you to keep garbage out of the App Store.

I love Apple. Please don't let the App Store resemble the cheap, neglected morass of the Android Market.

Sincerely, Joshua Merrill



Your e-mail is probably destined for the bitbucket. If you really want to affect change, I'd suggest spreading a link to this to everyone you can. Generally, with problems like this, they only go away after reaching a sufficient level of media exposure.

On the other hand, if you're really lucky, someone from Apple is reading this right now and taking care of it :)


I've found Apple to be surprisingly responsive in the past. But here's hoping.


I've just gone on the App Store and there is just one review saying it's rubbish...

Wonder if they've cleaned it up...


Apple responded to my email. It appears they have pulled this developer's apps!




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