So how tough is the certification process for apps on the Windows Phone Marketplace? Pretty tough, it turns out. A redditor that goes by the username toolboc posted in frustration that his app has been denied certification for the US app store based on search results returned by his app. The problem? One of the search result previews is an image of the infamous Pedobear. Denizens of 4chan will chuckle at the offense section of the image above, but the fact that an app can be denied certification based on the results it returns is rather ludicrous.
The developer amended his application to make sure that particular video never turns up in the search results again, but with a month long certification process and any number of content that Microsoft could deem offensive, we feel for this developer.