A company that was patented by Apple and deleted the application from the store and fell into a crisis situation appealed directly to Tim Cook
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“ BlueMail, ” an email application that can be used on Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, etc., has filed a lawsuit claiming that “Patent technology has been packaged by Apple”.
BlueMail creators ask to get back on App Store in open letter to Tim Cook
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Dan Varaku and Mr. Ben Varaku, which is also the are brothers developer of BlueMail is, Apple is WWDC 2019 'was published in the sign in with your Apple so was very shocked to function (Sign In with Apple).' is. The reason is that BlueMail created by the two released a function very similar to `` Sign in with Apple '' called `` Share Email '' in 2018, and already acquired a patent in 2017 .
In addition, Apple will suddenly remove the macOS version of BlueMail from the Mac App Store a few days after announcing “Sign in with Apple”. The Valak brothers thought it was intentional that the app was removed from the App Store, and eventually sued Apple for patent infringement.
On November 22, 2019, Brother Varak suddenly announced an open letter to Apple's CEO Tim Cook, although it was in suit. The content is that you want to be able to deliver BlueMail for macOS again on the Mac App Store.
The open letter can be read by anyone from the following page.
OpenMail to Apple
In an open letter, Ben Varak said, “It was really shocking when Apple copied our patented technology in early 2019 and saw our app being removed from the Mac App Store a few days later. I didn't expect this to happen with a popular service like BlueMail, 'he said about a series of shocking events such as imitating features and deleting apps.
“More than five months have passed since Apple removed BlueMail from the Mac App Store. In the last five months, our future is at stake. Users can no longer use BlueMail on the Mac App Store. `` I don't understand why, and I can't tell when the app will be available again on the Mac App Store, '' he said. Claims.
In addition, “We know from past examples that the letter of publicity delivered to Tim Cook will work. This is not the first time we face unfair practices as an app developer for Apple products. Our iPhone apps have been ranked unfairly until the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, etc. reported that search results on the App Store are being manipulated . The ranking has risen from 143 to 13th place, '' although it has been treated unfairly so far, Apple recognized the fact and took corrective action, so this time I can convince BlueMail He hopes to get things in shape.
Ben Varak announced the letter of openness because Apple's legal team `` because of the extension of defense '' in preparation for the lawsuit, `` As long as there is no BlueMail on the Mac App Store, the trial will continue forever 'I can't do that', revealing that the company is in a difficult situation.
Ben Varak said at the end of the letter: “Apple may have forgotten the small business for a long time, but we are alive. The lawsuit was the last option. I do n’t want to go, I ’d like to ask Mr. Cook personally. Please bring BlueMail back to the Mac App Store. Please treat small developers fairly, ”said Tim, not Apple.・ We appeal directly to Cook CEO.
by Wesson Wang
BlueMail developer Blix officially released the macOS version of BlueMail on May 8, 2019. Apple initially approved the app, but a few weeks later, Blix was notified that the app violated the App Store Review Guidelines . Blix will be asked to upload a new version of BlueMail in line with Apple's guidelines within 48 hours, but it will not be able to fix the problem by the deadline and BlueMail will be removed from the Mac App Store It will be. Blix claims that this is an intentional deletion by Apple, but Apple claims that it has been deleted because it is in conflict with official guidelines.
Apple explains why BlueMail violated the guidelines as if it were a duplicate of another app called “TypeApp”, but Blix said, “TypeApp” is intended for email service providers to meet their needs. Insist on the difference between TypeApp and BlueMail. In addition, because the developer of TypeApp was Ben Varak himself, he removed TypeApp from the Mac App Store before BlueMail distribution, and insisted that the two apps did not exist on the Mac App Store at the same time It is.
However, there are also some suspicious points in Blix's claim, for example BlueMail, which was delivered in May 2019 and stopped broadcasting a few weeks later, decided to lean Blix's management That point is very suspicious. Blix also claims that BlueMail and TypeApp are different apps, but overseas media such as Wired “looks almost the same”, pointing out the similarity of apps. Also, the brothers Varak did not explain in detail how the TypeApp technically differs from BlueMail, which was removed from the Mac App Store, and in the lawsuit, `` TypeApp has specific customizations for Brazil. '' It is mentioned as one of the suspicious points that it only explains.
In addition, multiple cases have been reported so far that Apple packs functions from third-party applications distributed on the App Store, and some of them are summarized in the following articles.
What is the third-party developer's heart that allows Apple to app-ripple apps? -GIGAZINE
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