In recent weeks, Apple has approved at least two torrent applications in the App Store. With the inclusion of Conttrol and Transmission RPC applications, some users believed the personal Cupertino would be changing the rules of the store. But now everything was clear: the approval of applications was only a mistake.
At $ 3.99, the Conttrol used the web interface for uTorrent and BitTorrent remotely manage your downloads. Unlike uTorrent for Android, which makes downloads torrents directly on the handset, the Conttrol required the user keep a client running on the desktop. Transmission RPC was sold for $ 1.99 and functioned similarly, but did connect to an instance of Transmission.
The developer Conttrol, Craig Donnelly, told TorrentFreak that he received a call from Apple yesterday with the sad news. "The girl on the other end said that Conttrol had been approved by mistake and Apple apologized for the inconvenience, but such applications are not allowed in the store," said the developer.
So is this: torrent applications continue indefinitely banned in both the App Store and Conttrol as the Transmission RPC have been removed from the store - and they should disappear from users' devices as well. If you want to download torrents on your phone, buy an Android. Or do jailbreak. Or try to access the web interface for uTorrent iPhone browser.
At $ 3.99, the Conttrol used the web interface for uTorrent and BitTorrent remotely manage your downloads. Unlike uTorrent for Android, which makes downloads torrents directly on the handset, the Conttrol required the user keep a client running on the desktop. Transmission RPC was sold for $ 1.99 and functioned similarly, but did connect to an instance of Transmission.
The developer Conttrol, Craig Donnelly, told TorrentFreak that he received a call from Apple yesterday with the sad news. "The girl on the other end said that Conttrol had been approved by mistake and Apple apologized for the inconvenience, but such applications are not allowed in the store," said the developer.
So is this: torrent applications continue indefinitely banned in both the App Store and Conttrol as the Transmission RPC have been removed from the store - and they should disappear from users' devices as well. If you want to download torrents on your phone, buy an Android. Or do jailbreak. Or try to access the web interface for uTorrent iPhone browser.
