[noisebleed]

Somewhat tangental, but this is the second post I've seen here recently that plays up the ".. and this happened on my birthday!" angle ( this being the first: http://lunduke.com/?p=2206 ).

I'm extremely sympathetic to anyone who's struggling, but seriously, why should a birthday matter in this context? You can debate Apple's app store policy, but should they be expected to factor in stuff like birthdays when they enforce it? It just seems like a cheap pity play that, for me at least, undermines whatever point is being made.

[ojilles]

That looks like the same guy?

[socialist_coder]

This seems shady to me.

I have apps on the iOS store as well (just like many of you) so I am aware of the emails you get from Apple telling you that your Apple developer account is going to expire. I have never heard of another developer having a problem with renewing their credentials. If there was an actual bug, I don't doubt more developers would be affected.

Honestly, I bet he forgot to renew, his apps got pulled, and now he's scrambling to cover his losses.

[madjo]

He renewed in time, it was Apple that made the mistake.

"Three days later I was able to get a response from Apple that verified this was, indeed, a problem with their internal software and that there was nothing I could do about it." Quoth the article.

[J3L2404]

Maybe not.

http://lunduke.com/?p=2206

In the comments someone mentions a similar situation that resolved when his original account expired.

[noisebleed]

Oh, yeah, so it is. I didn't notice initially. Probably explains why I was so reminded.

Again though.. I hate to see devs getting screwed over in any context, and I wish Bryan the best, but personally I think he's making his point poorly. Apple is not trying to take his house, and his birthday is irrelevant to their actions.