Apple has Rejected the Google Voice Apps from the App Store

So, surprise that Apple has rejected the official Google Voice app and removed from the App Store Google Voice several related programs, which was adopted before. Jason Kincaid at TechCrunch, echoing many other critics of a decision, accusing AT & T:

Of course, it is not difficult to guess what is the limitation of our old friend, the AT & T. Google Voice will scare carriers. This app allows users to send free SMS messages and receive cheap long distance in the lines of the Google Voice. It also becomes trivial to move to a new telephone service, because each calls Google's voice anyway.

But does anyone really think that AT & T is pulling the strings in this relationship? Google Voice not only interfere in the business model of the carrier, it interferes with Apple's iPhone business model. Not just AT & T, but Apple's iPhone partner in the carrier have to pay a large subsidy for each iPhone sold, and that the subsidy is based on assumptions about the average amount of iPhone customers pay monthly charges, voice, data and SMS.

I can see why people are surprised that Apple do not like the iPhone Google voice, but I do not see how one is surprised.

And to play devil's advocate for a moment, I am not sure the decision is totally unjustified. Do not think Apple's point of view, the ratio of its partner carriers, but I think in terms of Apple's competition with Google. Google Voice is a mobile phone service provided by the manufacturer, one of the biggest competitors of the iPhone OS. What to do if Google replaces Microsoft Voice? And if Windows Mobile was also a modern, competitive as Android? Would you be surprised if Apple's iPhone discourages owners using the service? Suffice it to say.