The New York Times recently issued an objection to Apple over its Pulse app, which aggregated news from multiple sources including the New York Times. Apple, however, has put the app back up after briefly taking it down.
The specific objections deal with having the New York Times as one of the five default RSS feeds. They also aren’t fond that the app costs $4.99, violating their non-commercial license for the feed, and they don’t like that the app launches the full stories from links in the app instead of an external browser.
This move surprised many, as it is not uncommon for these RSS readers to be supported with ads or fees, and they also drive traffic to the home sites. Developer Kothari said there was an option to open the news link in the Safari browser, which causes iPad to close the Pulse app.
When asked if it was unusual that the New York Times would ask to be removed when some media sites would pay for the privilege, Kothari responded, “We thought so too, but we are happy to change if people think otherwise.”
Source: Wired
