[tjogin]

If Apple has a problem with junk in the AppStore already, that's just an even better reason to try to keep more of it out.

I don't understand the thought process that leads to the conclusion that since there are low quality apps in the AppStore, Apple should go out of their way to bring even more of it in.

Also, Apple would get a world of crap if they decided to add something as arbitrary as taste policing to their AppStore review process.

[mclin]

But you can make crap by any means, including objective-c, as evidenced by all the 'buddha quotes' etc apps. My idea is that having to pay per app published, say $25, would help disincentivize the shotgun approach.

[tjogin]

If that was Apple's sole reason for not wanting cross-platform "shovelware", absolutely. But it isn't.

It's more like Apple doesn't want meta-platforms on top of iPhone PS for completely different reasons (control, independence, etc), and aren't willing to compromise because nothing about more cross-platform shovelware intrigues them.

The AppStore is at a place right now where quantity is not an issue; quality is, so that's what they're going to optimize for. Who knows, maybe they'd be more welcoming of cross-platform apps if the AppStore had a quantity-problem (probably not, if history is anything to go by).