Oh, sure, it was easy to pick on Apple for all those frustrating
App Store rejections over the years, but Google's had its own run-ins with apps being pulled under
unfortunate circumstances, and now it's time for
WP7 users to get a taste. Microsoft
has pulled is thinking about pulling Imagewind from the Windows Phone Marketplace, an app that basically pulls random images en masse from the Twitter-stream, splaying them all over your touchscreen. MS indicated that, without some sort of filter to weed out seedy images, the app has to go. Somewhat curiously it's actually been chilling in the Marketplace since March 3rd, and it was only upon reviewing a recent update that someone in Redmond said "Hey, waitaminute!" Imagewind is now gone and honestly we can't say that its rejection is completely arbitrary -- displaying all images the all the time is not necessarily a good thing for sensitive eyes -- but it still stings, doesn't it?
Update: We got a note from Roger at Smarty Pants Coding to let us know that he's received a "grace period" for the app. It's still available for download, but it could be a limited time thing...
Update 2: Another note from Roger. The stay of execution has been... unstayed. The app is no more. Break out the trumpets.
Microsoft removes Imagewind from Marketplace, WP7 gets first bitter taste of rejection originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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