Apple App Store Won't Accept App Notifying Unmanned Drone Attacks

Urian B., Tech Times 23 April 2021, 12:04 am

For three times in a month, a certain developer by the name of Josh Begley has been trying to get Apple to accept his Drones+ app in their official App Store. The app has reportedly been rejected again and again.

Drones+ App: Notifying of Unmanned Drone Attacks

Drones+ app was created to show a map of different drone strikes as well as send out notifications every time one an unmanned drone used by the official US military would exterminate a bad guy over in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia.

Apple's latest rejection letter gave a description of the app as being "objectionable" and even "crude." This is the latest reason that was given to Cupertino for rejecting his app, the Drones+. Initially, Apple said that the app was "not useful" and the next rejection was reportedly based on a certain hidden corporate logo.

Drone Awareness

According to the story by PhoneArena, Begley noted that he wanted to play with the idea of a push notification as well as a push button technology which would essentially ask if users want to get notifications in real time. Begley noted that he even thought that reaching into the pockets of a typical US smartphone user and making them annoyed turning them into drone-conscious individuals could be quite an interesting way to surface the conversation even more.

For those that are worried about the entire content of the app, there are reportedly no pictures of the remains of whatever the target was. All that the Drones+ will show is just a map paired with pointers showing the whole location of strikes.

The information is basically public knowledge since it actually comes from the UK's official Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Clicking on a specific pointer would reveal information about the certain strike as well as who the media believed was the supposed target of the strike. At the same time, another notification will be sent to the user's phone to alert them of any drone strikes.

Drones+ is now Metadata+

Begley, a student over at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, had originally submitted the barebones version of the said app back in July but on July 23rd, he reportedly got a response from Apple. Apple emailed him telling him that the features as well as the contents of the app were not useful or even entertaining enough. It was also said that the app did not even "appeal to a broad enough audience.

This then led the developer to think that the problem was the way that he had presented the information. However, after his attempts failed again and again, he then realized that the problem was with Apple after all. There were also other reasons that Apple has been giving Begley as to why his app was not accepted in the App Store. So far, the reasons change when he applies again and again. The app is now reportedly called Metadata+.

This article is owned by Tech Times

Written by Urian Buenconsejo