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append delete Pierre-Marie Baty

Hello everybody

You no longer see the iOS Project Builder for Unity on the Asset Store because I learned today that a moron (sorry, there's no other possibly honest qualifier) decided it should be "deprecated". 

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'iOS Project Builder for Windows' has been deprecated.

We have received reports that the package does not contain the
advertised content and redirects users to download executable files on
a third-party website. According to our guidelines, this is not
allowed.

This package cannot be allowed back on the store if it does not
contain the advertised content, or if it contains executable files.

Kind regards,

The Asset Store Team
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I want to inform everybody reading this that the fact that this product is on the Asset Store is because it was *invited* there in the first place by the Asset Store top officials themselves in 2013 and early 2014. I can back this claim up with full email conversations if necessary, though I wouldn't do it publicly by the respect I owe them as persons, but in front of any arbitral authority, I totally will.

My commitment in providing continuous, solid, reliable support to people who acquired anything from me is *paramount*. I can't just be forced by some idiotic bureaucrat to let my users down like that. I intend to protest until this objectively stupid decision is revoked. I filed a claim at the Asset Store team and CC/ed the email to a couple people who invited me there 8 years ago.

If this toolchain is kicked out of the Asset Store with no means to come back, I will no longer receive compensation for the time I continuously spend in maintaining support for Unity projects, and will have to choose to either work for free, or just drop this compatibility.

Such a stupidity is unbelievable, but this isn't the end word. Let's hope it's just a misunderstanding on their part.

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append delete #1. Ruslan

Hi Pierre-Marie.

Very sorry to read this.
Please write to us, maybe we, the users of your product, can help?
For example, write here a request to leave a review in the Unity Store with a request not to remove this product, because it helps thousands of people save time and energy?

Best regard.

append delete #2. Pierre-Marie Baty

Well, looks like this issue is settling peacefully. After I CC'ed the gods of Asgard I got an apologizing email from the Asset Store team this morning: 

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Hi Pierre-Marie Baty,

Thank you for your quick and comprehensive reply.

Upon further investigation, it was found that this tool was deemed acceptable for the Asset Store some time ago, and continues to be acceptable now. The package should be live on the Asset Store soon; we highly appreciate your patience.

We apologize for the confusion caused by the sudden deprecation of the package, and wish you the best of luck!

Kind regards,

The Asset Store Team
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Case solved. I wouldn't have thought it could be so quick :-)

I'll delete this thread in a few days once everybody is reassured.

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