app store Dropbox confirms Apple is rejecting apps that use its SDK

[Boz]

Last year Apple caused a bit of a stir by forcing developers to remove links in iOS apps that allowed for external subscriptions or purchases to be made ? unless the same transaction was also available as one of Apple's in-app purchases. A new wrinkle in the policy has developed, with Dropbox confirming that third-party developers incorporating its service are now being rejected under the same rule "because we allow users to create accounts." PandoDaily first reported on a support thread in Dropbox's user support forums, with developers complaining that their apps are being kicked back by the App Store review team. At issue is the way Dropbox's new SDK handles the authorization of third-party apps: it sends users to a page in Safari where they can grant access. However, that same page also allows new users to create accounts, after which they could drill down through Dropbox's site and upgrade to a paid account.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2993027/dropbox-confirms-apple-rejecting-apps-use-sdk

[Nightwind Hawk]

From a non-iOS user, that's kind of funny...

[lt8480]

Can anybody say they are genuinely surprised? doesn't anything that conflicts with any of apples services get booted?