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by jbail 4713 days ago
What guideline is being broken? If there isn't a good reason (and I really struggle to think what it might be), this is just anti-competitive censorship.

Edit: On the other hand, this seems so ridiculous that I need to question if it's accurate. Can Treehouse provide some proof that Apple said they can't have Android courses available in their app?
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fpgeek 4713 days ago
It is just anti-competitive censorship. In the past, Apple has done things like banning an Android-focused magazine app [1]. There have also been controversies over books linking to Amazon when referring to other books you might buy (as their print editions do) [2]. This Treehouse situation fits the same pattern.

[1] http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/11/26/apple-bans-android-ma...

[2] http://paidcontent.org/2012/02/29/419-who-decides-what-gets-...

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GuiA 4713 days ago
> What guideline is being broken?

The guideline where when you sign up as a developer with Apple, you agree to a contract that says they can remove your content at any time if they feel like it.

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