Unfortunately... no. That usage violates the licensing terms. I dislike that that's the case (esp since you can just view it in your web browser). However... that's life.
It's not the attitude of the supposed e-mail, but the misspellings, the completely unprofessional nature of the format, and the fact that "Steve Jobs" gave information to a random e-mailer that apparently the developer couldn't get until earlier today.I believe it's from him. Why? Because in the past I have emailed Steve and gotten equally curt, brash answers. Not always. But sometimes.
I think that's just his style; apparently it's served him well over the years.
And that's assuming that the information in that e-mail was correct in the first place, which the dev can neither confirm nor deny, due to the NDA. Tnx!
Fortunately, the people i have talked to at apple seemed genuinely unhappy about the length of time it took. This will hopefully bode well for how they react to problems in the future (though hopefully it will be with other apps and not mine!It's not the attitude of the supposed e-mail, but the misspellings, the completely unprofessional nature of the format, and the fact that "Steve Jobs" gave information to a random e-mailer that apparently the developer couldn't get until earlier today.
Anyway, that's my two cents.
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javascript:(function(){%20function%20getSearchString%20(promptString)%20{%20s%20=%20null;if%20(document.selection%20&&%20document.selection.createRange)%20{%20s%20=document.selection.createRange().text;%20}%20else%20if%20(document.getSelection)%20{%20s=%20document.getSelection();%20}%20if%20(!%20(s%20&&%20s.length))%20{%20s%20=prompt(promptString,'');%20}%20return%20s;%20}%20searchString%20=%20getSearchString('Enter%20movie%20title%20to%20search%20for:');%20if%20(searchString%20!=%20null)%20{%20if(searchString.length)%20{%20location='http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/full_search.php?search='+escape(searchString)+'';%20}%20else%20{%20location%20='http://www.rottentomatoes.com';%20}%20}%20%20})();It's not the attitude of the supposed e-mail, but the misspellings, the completely unprofessional nature of the format, and the fact that "Steve Jobs" gave information to a random e-mailer that apparently the developer couldn't get until earlier today.
Anyway, that's my two cents.
Yes, I hear you, but what I am saying is, I have gotten similarly curt, unprofessional, brash responses from that same email address... that ended up being more or less right on the money.
Steve Jobs is a notorious micro-manager, and he's known to speak his mind, out of turn. There's nothing new or surprising about this.
We can glean from the fact that (A) Tomatometer Web App (and widget) was pulled and (B) Tomatoes.app was pulled too from the App Store, that this email "response" with the explanation isn't completely outrageous. In fact, it's probably 100% exactly why the app was pulled. It's the same reason Metasyntactic has said he can't roll in RT search. It's against RT's licensing terms.
So, someone at IGN/Fox complained, not realizing that another arm of the company already approved BoxOffice's use, as it's within the guidelines of their own licensing terms. And Apple pulled the trigger as a result without confirming anything.
What would have been nice, would be if Metasyntactic was informed precisely and right away why the app was pulled, so that he could respond with the appropriate defense. The lack of communication from Apple to the developer bothers me more than anything.
I'm just saying, I don't think markiscool just "made up" that email for kicks... I believe he really did get that back from sjobs@apple.com.
Anyway, that's my three cents.
Nope. The data is licensed for exclusive use only. You can't offer both types (or offer two different apps). Sorry
Gotcha - well I'll tackle this with Fandango, then. I would much rather be able to use your app than the alternativesNope. The data is licensed for exclusive use only. You can't offer both types (or offer two different apps). Sorry
It's not in fandango's control.Gotcha - well I'll tackle this with Fandango, then. I would much rather be able to use your app than the alternatives