Magic trick developers find the trick is on them

If you watch the Hottrix demo of iHypno Premier App there is no doubt that these things behave like real apps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRJil0SWm5I
Turns out they make tricks using 3 different kinds of technologies. Apps on app store and 2 other kinds on the Hottrix site.

What the? Someone didn't take their medicine this morning - iHypno isn't a video, cause it runs as an icon from my home screen. I don't know how they do it ... But it sure works and it was a lot less hassle than the App Store (I keep having problems with it not liking my credit card!!!). Perhaps you should check your facts tabaks! Sheesh!!

@tabaks You are entirely wrong.
Hottrix Premier Apps are totally interactive just like app store apps.

Here's a quote from the Hottrix website:
"Premier Apps are instantly downloadable directly to any updated iPhone or iPod touch. They don't need internet connection to run and behave exactly like app store apps. For added mystery they can also be performed on a friend's or spectator's device."

I got iHypno and it sure is NOT a video but totally like an app.

It's nearly insulting how stupid Apple assumes the majority of their users are.

I'm not trying to incite a riot, nor am I'm trying to troll or ask rhetorical questions. If you have some insight, please provide it.

What is the difference between Apple dictating what they want to run on their device and Nintendo dictating what they want to run on the Wii? I mean, you can't play an XBOX game on a Wii or vice-versa. Nobody seems to mind- or do they?

I just don't understand. Apple laid out the rules and developers have to follow them. Nobody ever claimed that the App Store was a democracy- thems the breaks, right?

Quote: "does Apple really want to condone software that makes it look like you broke their device"

It's not their device. It's my device.

The point is: Apple is determining what apps are available in a way that they do NOT do for music or videos. They should either let developers sell what they make - with warning messages as appropriate - or let developers sell directly to consumers, as Palm developers can do. I moved from the Palm to the iPhone, and this sort of folderol on Apple's part just seems totally lame. Don't they have BETTER things to do?

How could you not use a picture of Gob from Arrested Development?

"it's not a trick. It's an illusion."

@dev -- Do they require your iphone uid to distribute it to you when doing that?

seriously? we're now sticking up for crappy apps? i bet what you're not at liberty to divulge is that he's just compiling different builds of an app and selling them as pre-distribution betas. does no one else think there isn't enough cutting that goes on in the app store process? maybe apple should cut apps that lack value.