Apple should fork the SDK to get rid of approval
Apple can’t stop “reviewing” apps, but it can reduce the burden by forking the SDK in the future for apps requiring approval and ones that don’t.
Apple should consider forking the iPhone SDK to reduce the time required to get apps approved. Should release SDK lite or something of that sort, which is more secure and has limited API’s.
Developers should be encouraged to use iPhone SDK Lite because
- No approval required for apps developed using SDK lite
- More restricted environment, with limited set of API
- More secure and more sandboxed
- Will bypass the approval process and the time to market is quick.
Standard SDK
- Full set of iPhone SDK, used for more complex applications
- Full set of native API’s for feature rich applications
- Require manual approval to ensure security and compliance with terms of service.
This will reduce the burden and at the same time get them out of the current flux of bad PR they are in.
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