NYTimes Forces Pulse News Reader to be Removed

June 8th, 2010

After the New York Times complained, Apple pulled the Pulse News Reader from the App Store.

The New York Times claims the application violates its RSS feed terms of use because the application, by default, comes with the Times’ RSS feed installed and must be purchased.

Absolutely ridiculous. The New York Times is, in essence, forcing an application to be removed for sending them too many readers. Good move, guys.

Update: Looks like it’s back up on the App Store. I wonder if the Times received a little phone call.