Apple to GetJar: "Thou Shall Have No Other App Stores Besides Mine"
Another day, another Apple lawsuit. Today the company has decided GetJar, the innocuous Lithuanian website home to mountains of free apps (including, most recently, the awesome "Cut the Rope"), must go on their s***t list for, you know, including the words "app store" somewhere on their site. Because Apple users apparantly have no ability to recognize the difference between Apple and Android app stores.
GetJar has fired back at Apple with a blog post entitled "We're not gonna take it!" defending the company against Apple's bullying tactics.
We’re not going to “Cease & Desist”. We were here long before Steve & Co. We were built by developers, to help developers. Not to help sell handsets or search results. In the words of Twisted Sister: We’re not going to take it! Steve Jobs isn’t our Dad.
I can't believe this is happening again, even after Apple's suit against Amazon was struck down for failing to prove that the words "app store," weren't just a description of, you know, an app store. To supportGetJar, you can join their Facebook page here.
Source: GetJar
Well Martin, maybe it's a part of Apple's business strategy. Few can afford the lawyers they can. It is within Apple's reach to intimidate competitors, real or otherwise, to submission. They're after all lead be a great messias on a mission from, I don't know, God?
I once heard that you can't sue for lawyer's fees in the US and each party has to pay there own.
Which would explain a lot — if not all — what is wrong with jurisdiction in the USA.
GetJar should counter sue for lawyer's fees and harassment.
:)
I found It! On the developers page:
http://developer.getjar.com/
»Services for Apps Stores«
Yep, I feel so mislead.