There is no doubting that there exists A LOT of crap applications in the App Store and finding the “golden” apps is becoming a tough thing to do. Well, certain app developers could be the reason as to why this is happening and Apple is finally doing something about it.
According to QuickPWN, Khalid Shaikh and 26 members of his team have posted over 900 iPhone applications to the iPhone App Store. While QuickPWN states that all these applications were of little value I cannot attest to that fact, but it is very likely most of these applications would have to be pretty horrible if they were made in such haste.
Supposedly each of these applications costed $4.99 each and it is rumored that Khalid was making a few thousand a day based off of these “crapps” or crap apps. This money machine won’t be rolling much longer though, Apple has stepped in and disabled Khalin’s developer license but not due to the mess of apps he submitted, but rather concerns over copyright issues.
While I am glad that Apple has decided to ban this particular app developer and his little team of minions, wtf took them so long? The Apple App store has been live since July 10th of 2008, that means Khalin and his team have developed nearly two applications a day, assuming he started from day one. You would think Apple would catch on, oh I don’t know, 500+ applications later?
Khalin isn’t the only App developer that mass develops applications, Brighthouse Labs has nearly 2,000+ applications in the App Store and sells these apps at the ninety-nine cents each. They might also be banned due to copyright issues and I hope they do. These crapps hurt the whole of the App Store and adds another layer of boundaries that great applications have to work past. Getting past the scum can be a dirty job, and currently great App developers have no clean way through.
Maybe it is time you re-think your App Store approval policies Apple, oh wait, the FCC might just do that for you.
