Along with questionable App Store rejections, Apple occasionally makes peculiar approvals. Take for example the app Mirror, which is nothing short of a black screen with a frame. Flipping your iPhone screen off would make a better reflection for checking out your mug.
It’s a joke, get it? Nonetheless, a large number of people fooled into purchasing the app don’t find it very funny.
“No good,” writes customer “Benhoolio.” “Not even a mirror. Total waste of a dollar. Don’t get it. What is the point of looking in to a black screen with a border around it?”
“Can they really just lie to people like that??” writes user MelanieFD. “It’s BULL!!”
About 2,400 additional negative reviews for the app express similar sentiments. Joke or not, this app is not a strong testament for Apple’s push for quality in the App Store — a reason Steve Jobs said he was requiring iPhone and iPad apps to be made with Apple-approved programming languages, effectively banning Adobe Flash code from the platform.
Still, we find it hilarious, and we wouldn’t want Apple banning humor from the App Store. (Satire already seems blacklisted, after all.) The reviews are merely a reflection of how impulsive people are with buying iPhone apps. Mirror costs just a buck (and you shouldn’t buy it). If only people would lighten up.
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