In a profanity filled, not safe for work rant, developer Joe Stump said an update to his application Chess Wars was denied because the chat bubbles in the software were too similar to those in the official iPhone SMS application created by Apple.

Stump said he was upset because of a lack of communication from Apple. He alleged that he tried to reach out to the company after “weeks” of silence. The application was updated in an attempt to fix “show stopping bugs” that were only discovered after the software was initially released.

Stump said an Apple representative told him that the chat bubbles used in the iPhone SMS software are trademarked. The employee reportedly told him that he could make the bubbles “less shiny” to be in compliance.

This latest example joins a number of incidents in recent months in which developers and pundits have become publicly critical of Apple’s App Store policies and alleged lack of clear communication.

Link if you dare to read: http://www.joestump.net/