A minor point, but the app was rejected rather than "shut down".
It's a shame, it seems like a neat application and I can totally imagine using an app like this to weigh spices or coffee beans.
It's a shame, it seems like a neat application and I can totally imagine using an app like this to weigh spices or coffee beans.
By accepting the app, Apple is implicitly allowing the use case of using the phone as a scale.
"Oh, let's see how accurately it weighs 50lbs!"
This may be a bigger issue than just concern that customers might ruin their screens (and blame Apple.)
Scales (for commercial use) are regulated, and devices marketed as scales but intended for only non-commercial use are explicitly labeled "not for us in trade"; Apple probably doesn't want to be seen as marketing or endorsing the iPhone as a scale, even implicitly.
Seriously ?
You would rather potentially ruin your $700 phone by breaking the screen or getting spice particles inside instead of buying a $5 scale.
I accept your point but having Apple iNanny watching over my shoulder is boring as hell.
(disclaimer: I don't own an iPhone and cannot see that happening in the near term).
Putting this app on the store however is an implicit endorsement of it.
Again if you are the sort of person that is willing to risk a $700 phone because of the inconvenience of carrying a scale then I suspect you may be a niche consumer for Apple.