It's so odd to read posts like this. The whole hacker mentality we see for start ups is to break the rules, ask for forgiveness later, be a disruptor... But then when it comes the Apple sacred ground ban hammer so many people become apologists. f.lux has been around forever and is a good app with well-intentioned people behind, Apple is clearly ripping them off in this instance.
As I said elsewhere, frankly I doubt Apple can move fast enough to rip them off based on the popularity shown in November. Perhaps this was already in the pipeline.
I don't entirely buy into some of that philosophy, but to me Apple is different here for one reason: every KNOWS they act like this. It's not like this is some out of the blue thing. I don't have much respect for someone purposely running into a wall and then loudly complaining about it in public.
The first few times some of this stuff happened in the App Store or it was an unwritten rule that was 'violated' yelling was TOTALLY fair.
But violating an obvious and published rule that has gotten numerous others kicked out of the store? Why are you complaining? You knew what would happen.
I know. My point was Apple is known for tightly enforcing their rules, especially when an app does something they didn't plan on people doing (using system APIs or not). Figured out an alternate use for the volume switch? Put a calculator in Notification Center? Smack down.
I find it odd that people develop the kind of things that Apple is very likely to dislike and then act surprised when Apple acts totally in character.
I'm not arguing what Apple did is good/ok/legal/fun, but it was totally predictable. Even if the app wasn't submitted.
