Seriously guys?
What we know is Apple does not want these apps in their store.
What we do not know is why.
I'm sorry to report that there are indeed legitimate reasons why someone may not wish to distribute a thing to customers, and those reasons may have you feeling like a caveman once known. Maybe their lawyers won't let them, maybe laws have something to do with it, maybe the code is flawed, maybe the owners are about to be Shrem'd, maybe Steve Jobs was Satoshi. Who knows wtf?
Maybe I'm wrong though. Best to keep smashing your phones, just in case.
They have a valid "statement" - Apple decides what gets accepted to the Appstore and what stays in the Appstore and Apple doesn't have to tell why. That's part of the deal blockchain.info made with Apple when they submitted the app.
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/guidelines.htmlTheir "reason" on the other hand is completely bs. I doubt Apple actually has a problem with bitcoin - they just don't want to promote it on their store because of the potential legal issues. They simple don't allow a lot of financial stuff and children potentially "playing" with money.
Terrible PR decision though and it'll probably change soon like it did with real money poker apps(PokerStars for instance).
They made things worse by first accepting it and later withdrawing it though... idiots..
Let's just say for a second there are legal issues that Apple is afraid of or whatever. That doesn't stop Apple from letting users run third-party Bitcoin wallets at their own risk without having to jailbreak their phones.
The ultimate problem with Apple is that they want to have full control over what their customers do with their devices and one of the excuses keep using is that they are "protecting their users". Really? I'm sure Apple users are a smart lot who know how to decide for themselves. It's a testament to the power of "cool" and "trendy" when people are so willing to, en masse, give up their freedom to do what they want with their devices in exchange for "being in".