Apple pulls iFixit’s app from iOS store after it published new Apple TV teardown
- sep
- 30
iFixit, the well-known hardware site that regularly tears down popular gadgets and devices, apparently went too far when it published a teardown of a developer unit of the upcoming Apple TV set-top box and its Siri Remote. As a result, Apple has pulled iFixit's iOS app from its App Store.
In a blog post, iFixit stated:
Not too long ago, we tore down the Apple TV and Siri Remote. The developer unit we disassembled was sent to us by Apple. Evidently, they didn't intend for us to take it apart. But we're a teardown and repair company; teardowns are in our DNA—and nothing makes us happier than figuring out what makes these gadgets tick. We weighed the risks, blithely tossed those risks over our shoulder, and tore down the Apple TV anyway.
A few days later, we got an email from Apple informing us that we violated their terms and conditions—and the offending developer account had been banned. Unfortunately, iFixit's app was tied to that same account, so Apple pulled the app as well. Their justification was that we had taken "actions that may hinder the performance or intended use of the App Store, B2B Program, or the Program."
iFixit says that iOS users can still access iFixit's mobile site, and added that its iOS app was already old and it would take a lot of effort to rewrite it so it could support the new iOS 9.
Source: iFixit
