YES . The FCC is looking into Apple’schickenshit shenaniganswith Google Voice , asking whether AT&T was involved , why it was turn down and what ’s going on with this Google Voice thing . update with correspondence among FCC , Apple , AT&T and Google .
https://gizmodo.com/apples-chickenshit-approval-process-has-gone-too-far-5325539
The request is part of a broader - ranging enquiry by the commission on exclusive deals between cell phone carrier and handset manufacturers for hot phones . FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Thursday that the FCC want to await into rural areas where customers ca n’t purchase the latest fancy phones because of such single deals .
Update : We now have access tothe letterssent by the FCC to Apple , AT&T , and Google , trying to sort this whole messiness out . The interrogation to Apple and AT&T are precisely what we ourselves want to know : What purpose , specifically , does AT&T play in Apple ’s app approval cognitive operation ? What are Apple ’s specific reasons for pulling the Google Voice app , among others ? And why in the hell is Google Voice approved for BlackBerrys and not the iPhone ? Check out the lettershereat Techcrunch .
AT&T react with a very glacial defense that they have any influence on the app approval process , which is a sturdy argument to make when everybody everywhere is convinced they do . Here ’s their program line :
AT&T does not manage or okay applications for the App Store . We have received the letter of the alphabet and will , of course , respond to it .
We ’ll keep you update when AT&T , Apple , and Google officially respond to the FCC ’s inquiry .
This does n’t signal , by any way , that Google Voice is go to get onto the iPhone , but it does put some pressure onto Apple to not pull moves like this in the hereafter . [ WSJ ]
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