
So I was browsing some tech news headlines using
iHubTech on my iPod Touch (of course).... and I came across this headline from
TechCrunch -
Apple's New Stance on 'Cookie Cutter" Apps : Add More Features Or Perish.
Seems like Apple is trying to filter out the bottom feeder applications that are created around a common template / core and customized into 100 different applications. RSS based applications are notorious for this crap - they'll provide a simple feed reading capability and a couple of feeds and create dozens of apps this way. Some programs actually provided round-trip engineering where you provide it an RSS feed and it will automatically CREATE the iPhone application for you based on that feed.

We actually created our
iHub line of applications for iPhone / iPod Touch to compete against these simplistic RSS readers. From the beginning we were determined to create INTERNET INFORMATION CENTERS - central hubs composed of hundreds of feeds per each topic application. To fulfill this need we created a suite of tools to aggregate, organize, combine, randomize, rank and constantly refresh internet content from news, blogs, podcasts and forums on our own servers.... providing the user with only the TOP headlines from the TOP content providers from ALL over the internet.
I'm actually content (excuse the pun) with Apple's decision to clamp down on some of the low quality RSS based reader applications out there.... I just hope they take the time to correctly distinguish the heros from the zeros.