Netshare Is Isn’t Is Isn’t Available in the App Store … Again

by Eric March on August 2, 2008 at 7:45 pm

What is this, the Ross Perot presidential campaign of iPhone apps? It seems as though the folks who vet all the apps in the App Store just can’t seem to make up their damn minds about the state of Netshare, the iPhone app that lets you tether your laptop to your phone through a SOCKS proxy.

It showed up on Thursday at around 8:00pm, then was pulled half an hour later. It reappeared for more than a day, but has now once again been yanked unceremoniously from the App Store. Why? Who the hell knows, but I’m willing to bet AT&T had something to do with it. Not that I wish to float any conspiracy theories here, but Apple has nothing to lose by publishing Netshare. AT&T does.

Whatever the case, there’s no word on whether it will be allowed back in. I’m sure Nullriver are going to be writing a sternly-worded letter to the folks at Apple, but something tells me the little guys are going to lose out to the big ones here. I hope those of you who wanted the app managed to buy it, ‘cos it’s not looking good for anyone who still wants it.

(via Gizmodo)

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