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Ask HN: Apple Developer Account Blocked without reason – can somebody help?

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Post by matwiemann »

Does anybody else have the same problem? I have been working on an App for months now but now I wanted to submit it to the App store, but I cannot create Apple Developer Account (Enrollment) because my Account is somehow blocked. My Issue at Apple (Case Number: 101043480563) has been open since March 11th, but no progress has been made. I was inquiring almost weekly, but the very friendly senior Advisor is also waiting for an internal team to give her feedback. No progress for almost 2 months.

Been working hard to get this App online. All the infrastructure (backend etc.) is in place, but now it is all falling apart because of this.

My App will greatly improve knowledge sharing in an entertaining way and will be really helpful in the current times.

If anybody with contacts to Apple can help, it would be really appreciated.

Re: Ask HN: Apple Developer Account Blocked without reason – can somebody help?

#3

Post by princekolt »

aurizon wrote: post #2

Probably someone in Apple feels your idea would be a good thing for Apple to do itself,(as has happened many time before) so get what copyright protection you can get and persist, then sue if they infringe on you.

lol

Re: Ask HN: Apple Developer Account Blocked without reason – can somebody help?

#5

Post by smoyer »

aurizon wrote: post #2

Probably someone in Apple feels your idea would be a good thing for Apple to do itself,(as has happened many time before) so get what copyright protection you can get and persist, then sue if they infringe on you.

I don't doubt that this has occurred but it's strange that (s)he is blocked from creating a developer account. Clearly this would stop all "ideas" from turning into apps for this person. Sounds more like they can't verify an identity, had problems with a credit card or are geo-blocking.

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#8

Post by darklion »

really3452 wrote: post #6

The app store is a worse monopoly than IE ever was on Windows and should be treated with in the same fashion.

How do you figure? Apple has a minority market share in celluar phones in literally every country in the world, and other than the US, doesn't even hit 25% market share.

Microsoft, at its peak, held a worldwide monopoly of over 90% of all desktop computers (I believe it was in the mid 90s).

How is Apple's (not a) monopoly worse than Microsoft?

Re: Ask HN: Apple Developer Account Blocked without reason – can somebody help?

#9

Post by pc86 »

thedevindevops wrote: post #4

Have you considered an Android version?

This is the most HN answer ever.

"I'm having trouble creating an Apple Developer account, has anyone had similar experiences?"

"Have you considered an Android version?"

When someone asks how to do X, telling them to do Y is almost never the right answer.

Re: Ask HN: Apple Developer Account Blocked without reason – can somebody help?

#10

Post by matwiemann »

erikrothoff wrote: post #7

How is it built? React Native, Cordova, SwiftUI? Maybe the technology chosen might provide a hint? Also, where are you based?

Enrolling, much rather than submitting an app in the developer program is the issue at hand. I’m in the EU.
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