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> We have been as polite as we can to Apple in hopes that they will open up the platform to developers like us. The demand for f.lux is certainly incredible.

This doesn't seem to be a winning strategy with Apple -- they move at whatever pace they want. A better move might be to continue to offer the download and show overwhelming interest in the product, enough that when they shut down the taps the users revolt and force Apple's hand.



Inviting the wrath of Apple's legal team is definitely not a winning strategy ...


It seems a little strange that one should have to worry about such things while not doing anything wrong.


Isn't violating the spirit or actual terms of a license "doing something wrong?"


Are they? As far as I know they're just releasing the source with setup instructions.


Sometimes licenses (contracts) over reach or contain elements that should be removed or ignored. See contract of adhesion and unconscionability.


> This doesn't seem to be a winning strategy with Apple

I'll go one further, it (being polite as possible) is not even what happened. They weren't polite at all, they took a dump in the pool:

also because we were asking hundreds of thousands of people to use Xcode to make accounts and sign our software


Yes it is. There is nothing impolite about that whatsoever.




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