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9 Banned Apps: 5. Drivetrain

5. Drivetrain
The defense: Drivetrain allowed users to remotely control the Transmission BitTorrent client on Mac and Linux, starting and stopping downloads, but didn’t actually download anything itself to the iPhone.
The complaint: Straight from the source, Apple told the developers of Drivetrain: “This category of application is often used for the purpose of infringing third-party rights. We have chosen to not publish this type of application to the App Store.”
Fairness of the judgment: If rejecting an app because it can control an application that could, potentially, be used to pirate software, music or films, then what should be done about YouTube or Safari, which can be used directly to pirate media? Oh, we’re sorry Apple, did we just blow your mind? This judgment smacks of the worst kind of hypocrisy.
Likelihood of appeal: We sincerely doubt the sentence will be overturned, but if you’re a dedicated torrent user, there are options such as TorrentTRAK for jailbroken phones and both uTorrent and Transmission have Web-based interfaces that can be used from the iPhone Safari browser.

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