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by nwh 4514 days ago
This is most likely a ploy by blockchain.info, if you pay attention their app conveniently got "banned" [0] after they announced their new HTML5 wallet service just a few days before [1]. Their app broke the rules by being on the store in the first place, and has been untouched for years up until today? Too coincidental.

Given the constant connection between blockchain.info and Kyle Drake on reddit and their blog, I would put money on the new blockchain.com service using at least part of his CoinPunk frontend. They're pumping it up far more than is reasonable for something which is, after all, a competitor to their web wallet service.

[0]: https://twitter.com/blockchain/status/431219726333648896

[1]: https://twitter.com/blockchain/status/429934616082804736
2 comments
ivanca 4514 days ago
You know that apple has been baning every bitcoin wallet app right?[0]

[0]http://www.pcworld.com/article/2095060/apple-removes-blockch...

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nwh 4514 days ago
They always have, these just happened to slip through the net. If it were a real effort by Apple they would have all been done simultaneously. Blockchain.info evaded the reviewers by presenting them with a version of the app that did not allow spending (allowed) and then changing the server behind it to re-enable the sending features. This is certainly breaking the rules, which is why they didn't update their app again- they knew it wouldn't work a second time.

If it was a systematic ban, there wouldn't be some left — https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/coinjar-for-iphone/id7252098...

> Sadly, Coinbase, Gliph, and CoinJar have all been sacrificed on the altar of innovation.

Interestingly enough, nobody bothered to check this before putting it in their blog post.

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higherpurpose 4514 days ago
I doubt it's a ploy. I saw people commenting about doing this early this morning, in r/Bitcoin, so this seems something that came from the community as a form of protest.

The Bitcoin community has been getting increasingly more frustrated with each Bitcoin-related app being banned by Apple. This just broke the camel's back, because Blockchain is very popular, and it was also one of the very last Bitcoin apps to remain in the store (the final line of defense, if you will).

Also, it's sad to see that people don't even question Apple's policies anymore, no matter how ridiculous they are. They just throw it as "oh, well it was Apple's policy that they didn't want a Bitcoin app (was it?!) - so it's their fault!".

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